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A rail spike (also known as a cut spike or crampon) is a large nail with an offset head that is used to secure rails and base plates to railroad ties (sleepers) in the track. Robert Livingston Stevens is credited with the invention of the rail spike, [6] the first recorded use of which was in 1832. [7]
Anna Creek homestead Alexandria Station, homestead and outbuildings, Queensland, 1921 Channel Country, home to some of Queensland's largest cattle stations Dunes near Andado Cattle and horses in stockyards at Victoria River Downs circa 1985 Brumbies next to the Innamincka Track Innamincka Station 1910 Donkey team at Wave Hill station, Northern Territory, ca. 1946 Brolgas, Brunette Downs ...
Medieval fish pond still in use today at Long Clawson, Leicestershire. Records of the use of fish ponds can be found from the early Middle Ages. "The idealized eighth-century estate of Charlemagne's capitulary de villis was to have artificial fishponds but two hundred years later, facilities for raising fish remained very rare, even on monastic estates.".
An improvement over fishplate rail connectors is directly bonding rails together using thermite or flash butt welding. In 1967, the Hither Green rail crash occurred on the Southern Region of British Railways when a rail fractured at its fishplate joint. The crash accelerated welded rail connections, with strict procedures on concrete and wooden ...
Shoreline view taken in 2006. The East Shoreham Bridge is located in a rural area of southeastern Shoreham, on the Lemon Fair River.It is located about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) west of the Shoreham-Depot Road, and is accessible on foot via the former railroad right-of-way, now (along with the bridge) a state-owned property.
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