This is not a Victorian penny dreadful publication. The text describes a technical engineering paper on the Pennsylvania Railroad, presented to the Institution of Civil Engineers in November 1874 by Charles Douglas Fox and Francis Fox. The 32-page document (as indicated by OCR references to tables and appendices) provides detailed statistics, specifications, and analysis of the railroad's construction, management, operations, and financial performance. It discusses the main line extending 355 miles from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, capital expenditure, revenue data, gradient and curve specifications, bridge construction methods (lattice and truss systems), tunneling, and comparisons with United Kingdom railways. The text is a formal scholarly engineering treatise, not fiction or popular entertainment literature.
About this artifact
- Creator
- Fox, Charles Douglas
- Date
- 1874
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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