Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area |
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... car and 142 freight cars . Fare for the passengers was three cents a mile . The cost of the road and equipment was $ 495,105 . A separate company was formed to take charge of the railroad operation , the Sterling Mountain Railway ...
... car and 142 freight cars . Fare for the passengers was three cents a mile . The cost of the road and equipment was $ 495,105 . A separate company was formed to take charge of the railroad operation , the Sterling Mountain Railway ...
Page 245
... cars and taken over a trestle to the dump . • The conveyer empties into an 80 - ton storage bin . From the bin the ore is drawn off through three chutes into 10- and 20 - ton cars and hauled by a Davenport locomotive over a 32 - mile ...
... cars and taken over a trestle to the dump . • The conveyer empties into an 80 - ton storage bin . From the bin the ore is drawn off through three chutes into 10- and 20 - ton cars and hauled by a Davenport locomotive over a 32 - mile ...
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... cars from the Peters mine to the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway spur . The ore - filled cars would go joined , six at once , a hand brake for every two cars . A young Negro was assigned to sit on top of each car with a brake . A ...
... cars from the Peters mine to the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway spur . The ore - filled cars would go joined , six at once , a hand brake for every two cars . A young Negro was assigned to sit on top of each car with a brake . A ...
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