Alternative Title
Stock Yard and Fair Ground Rail Road, with a plan and profile
Abstract
"The road begins at the intersection of the east line of the Stockyards stalls, with the Saint Louis and San Francisco Rail Road. In this road, which is 9735 feet long, there is six pieces each of alternate curved, and straight track. The first piece of track, which is curved, is a 6⁰ curve, to the right (going westward) and contains 13 chords of 100 feet.
Following this is a tangent of 400 feet. And then in succession: A 10⁰ curve, to the left; 10 chords; a tangent of 100 feet a 10⁰ curve, to the right, 8.5 chords; a tangent of 1485 feet; a 9⁰ curve, to the left; 8 chords; a tangent of 2230 feet; a 3⁰ 45’ curve, to the right; 6 chords; a tangent of 200 feet; a 6⁰ 05’ curve, to the left; 5.7 chords and a tangent of 400 feet to the fair grounds front"--page 3.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1876
Pagination
12 pages, 1 plate
Geographic Coverage
Missouri
Rights
© 1876 T. H. Millsaps, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Railroad engineering
Railroads -- Design and construction -- Missouri
Thesis Number
T 98
Print OCLC #
5923174
Electronic OCLC #
276123081
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Millsaps, Thomas H., "S. Y. & F. G. R. R." (1876). Professional Degree Theses. 4.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/4
Stock Yard & Fair Ground R.R. map
Comments
T. H. Millsaps determined to be Thomas H. Millsaps from "1874-1999 MSM-UMR Alumni Directory".
Holograph [Handwritten and illustrated in entirety by author].
Download includes a transcription of this handwritten thesis.