tramroad
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tramroad
Example Sentences
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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 Smiles, Samuel
An English engineer offered to lay a tramroad across Siberia, after Muravieff had carried Russia to the Pacific by his brilliant annexation of the mouths of the Amur.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
Long ago, in the days of canal formations, Brindley was consulted about a canal; afterwards, in 1812, a tramroad was surveyed by Rennie; and eventually, in 1817, a railway was projected from Darlington to Stockton-on-Tees.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
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 Dickens, Charles
The first iron tramroad from Croydon to Wandsworth was completed July 24th, 1801.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. by Various
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