33. Platform Car for Tunnel Work 59
34. Iron Dump-Car for Tunnel Work 60
35. Wooden Dump-Car for Tunnel Work 60
36. Box-Car for Tunnel Work 61
37. Elevator Car for Tunnel Shafts 65
38. Ground Mold for Constructing Tunnel Invert Masonry 67
39. Combined Ground Mold and Leading Frame for Invert and Side
Wall Masonry 67
40. Leading Frame for Constructing Side Wall Masonry 68
41. Plank Center for Constructing the Roof Arch 69
42. Trussed Center for Constructing the Roof Arch 70
43 and 44. A Typical Form of Timber Lining for Tunnels 73
45. Diagram Showing Forms adopted for Side-Wall Foundations 76
46 and 47. Transverse Sections of Tunnels Showing Methods for
Increasing the Thickness of the Lining at Different Points 79
48. Refuge Niche in St. Gothard Tunnel 81
49. East Portal of Hoosac Tunnel 82
50, 51 and 52. Arrangement of Drill Holes in the Heading of
Turchino Tunnel 91
53 and 54. Arrangement of Drill Holes in the Heading of the Fort
George Tunnel 91
55. Diagram Showing Sequence of Excavations in Drift Method of
Tunneling Rock 102
56. Sketches Showing Sequence of Work in Excavating and Lining
the Simplon Tunnel 111
57. General Details of the Brandt Rotary Drills Employed at the
Simplon Tunnel 112
58. Sequence of Excavation in the Murray Hill Tunnel 124
59. Traveling Platform for the Excavation of the Upper Side of
the Murray Hill Tunnel 125
60. Timbering Used in the Murray Hill Tunnel 126
61. Diagram Showing Sequence of Excavation in Heading Method of
Tunneling Rock 132
62. Method of Strutting Roof, St. Gothard Tunnel 135
63. Sketch Showing Arrangement of Tracks, St. Gothard Tunnel 135
64. Arrangement of Drill Holes in the Fort George Tunnel 137
65. Longitudinal Section of the Heading and Bench Excavation at
the Fort George Tunnel 137
66. Diagram Showing the Arrangement of Drill Holes in the
Heading and Bench of the Gallitsin Tunnel 140
67. Diagram Showing Modification of the Heading and Bench Method 140
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