Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Armour Engineer, Vol. 26: Student Technical Publication of Armour Institute of Technology; November, 1934
The result of Mr. Stevens' work was the selection of a pass which connected the head waters of Nason Creek with Tye River. The pass had an elevation of 4059 feet. Mr. Stevens selected as the maximum grade of the permanent line which was to be located down. Hill on each side from the portals of a projected tunnel, miles long. The summit was to be at the east por tal of this tunnel at an elevation of 3383 feet. The opening of the through line could not be delayed, therefore a switchback route was located over the mountains. This switchback route handled the through traffic of the rail road until December, 1900, when the mile tunnel was completed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
