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Kowloon Canton Railway Survey Portion Perritory
Engineer's Report-
Routes
Description of
Railway 401 (continued)
Side hill work
Muning down some 3500 ft of in the Sha Tin Valley on a sin 100 gradient, paddy through for a distanc
Tai Wai Close to the village of
fields
of
Arr Teacher aus Juu
about $500ft.
the line crosses the Shire Than River (one of the largest streams in the "New Passitory) by Trans
of a bridge of I spans of soft: – and at life likes from Rowtvon Perminus the site
lof
is cached.
Sha Tin Station
This Station is close to the
frontier road, and is about the most crutral. position for serving the surrounding villages
By
which then are
A
great
From The Pin Station to Tai Po Station in the 18th Aile, the line follows, a closely Tiar Cour,
of
Polo Harbour.
possible, the west coast line and the south coast line of
With the exception of the tunnelled
the railway, this portion is the repensive to construct, chiefly
of
ay
Portion
or Account-
bank
the large amount of bridging waweary for dealing with tidal water, and of protection required to resist the action of
Phu sise
of
tion there is Brot Tone
than oft, and I originally fined any rail buse at left abom low water of ordinary spring hides.
thout having witnessed a August,
typhoon there last I deemed it advisable to raise them Jail have to 18ft above low water, which I think should be sufficient to dusure the
safety ap
the ballast.
"At Pai Po Station, a station groups
(5)
of
wins
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