RAILWAY PROPERTY. A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS: DESIGNED TO AFFORD USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, IN A POPULAR STYLE, TO THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS OF PROPERTY; AS WELL AS TO RAILWAY MANGERS, OFFICERS, AND AGENTS
New York: Phinney, Blakeman & Mason, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. Jervis was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era (1820 - 1860). Chapters include, Construction, Land and Land Damages, Location of Line, Method of Business, Grading, Bridges and Culverts, Road Crossings, Ballasting of Track, Cross Sleepers, and many more..... More