Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from First Series of Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public Works of the Most Celebrated Engineers; Comprising Roads, Tramroads, and Railroads; Bridges, Aqueducts, Viaducts, Wharfs, Warehouses, Roofs, and Sheds; Canals, Locks, Sluice
The standard gauge is adopted, or 4 feet 8-5-inches; intermediate space, 6 feet 5 inches; and Side spaces, 7 feet 1 inch on embankments, making a total of 30 feet between the side drains.
The Terminus is very conveniently Situated, the Passenger Depot being at Euston-square, and that for the Goods at Hampstead Road, alongside of the Regent's Canal, which forms a great convenience for the further conveyance of merchandise to the Port of London.
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