tramroad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tramroad
Example Sentences
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There being no accommodations for passengers, the party walked the tramroad; at the terminus they unloaded and stayed all night.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Emily Inez Denny
The rapid growth of the trade and manufactures of South Lancashire gave rise, about the year 1821, to the project of a tramroad for the conveyance of goods between Liverpool and Manchester.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
The scheme of a tramroad was, however, so new and comparatively untried, that it is not surprising that the parties interested should have hesitated before committing themselves to it.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
The adoption of a tramroad, it is true, had tended to facilitate their transit.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
Above it, on a tramroad supported by pillars, is a Chinese Enchanter’s Car, which fishes the logs up, when sufficiently steeped, and rolls smoothly away with them to stack them.
From The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
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