This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...well, pump-house, and frost-proof tank. The passing sidings are 2,000 feet long, and each station has one side-track 2,000 feet long, and one 1,000 feet for general traffic. The wells are 10 feet in diameter, 25 feet deep, with a drillhole sunk through the sub-stratum into the rock, from 150 to 250 feet deep. These drill-holes are lined with iron piping 5 inches in diameter. Water is pumped into the tanks by steam, time not permitting of wind-engines being erected, as they take some time to put up. Several wind-engines are in use on the eastern and southern portions of the line. These engines and frost-proof tanks were described in a Paper read before the Eoyal Scottish Society of Arts by Mr. Macdougall.1 The tanks hold 50,000 gallons each, and the supply of water is abundant....