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The Location of the Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad, of the Louisville and Nashville System
There are experienced field engineers to whom the perusal of this paper will be a loss of time. Many engineering papers deal with the special characteristics of special structures, to the exclusion of broader questions. The experienced engineer spends most of his time in thinking out the details of such structures, and, 'When he writes an account of his work, assumes that his readers will grasp at once the broader questions involved, and will be interested only in the special designs which have taxed his own ingenuity most. This would be all very well if his writing fell only under the eyes of experienced readers; but, probably, ten inexperienced readers, ten students, perhaps in search of information, will read his article carefully where one busy and experienced engineer gives it hasty perusal. For the inexperienced reader, the broad questions affecting the whole proposition are oftentimes of more value than a minute description ofthe details of special structures. For him a discussion of the economic questions which determined that the whole project of construction was advisable may be of more importance than the most intricate and learned calculation upon the strength or efficiency of special structural parts; or, to be still more specific, the reasons for building a road in one valley rather than in another offering a shorter route may be more instructive to the majority of readers than any or all of the detailed masonry plans worked out in the construction of the road. In this paper the writer has attempted to set forth the considerations which determined each important step in the lay-out of what he believes is the most important engineering work undertaken in recent years in the section of country in which this road lies. The paper does not even mention the part of the work on which the writer spent most of his force; but, in his judgment, it includes an accoufit of all the best work accomplished on this undertaking, both by himself and by those working over and under him.
The Location of the Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad, of the Louisville and Nashville System
There are experienced field engineers to whom the perusal of this paper will be a loss of time. Many engineering papers deal with the special characteristics of special structures, to the exclusion of broader questions. The experienced engineer spends most of his time in thinking out the details of such structures, and, 'When he writes an account of his work, assumes that his readers will grasp at once the broader questions involved, and will be interested only in the special designs which have taxed his own ingenuity most. This would be all very well if his writing fell only under the eyes of experienced readers; but, probably, ten inexperienced readers, ten students, perhaps in search of information, will read his article carefully where one busy and experienced engineer gives it hasty perusal. For the inexperienced reader, the broad questions affecting the whole proposition are oftentimes of more value than a minute description ofthe details of special structures. For him a discussion of the economic questions which determined that the whole project of construction was advisable may be of more importance than the most intricate and learned calculation upon the strength or efficiency of special structural parts; or, to be still more specific, the reasons for building a road in one valley rather than in another offering a shorter route may be more instructive to the majority of readers than any or all of the detailed masonry plans worked out in the construction of the road. In this paper the writer has attempted to set forth the considerations which determined each important step in the lay-out of what he believes is the most important engineering work undertaken in recent years in the section of country in which this road lies. The paper does not even mention the part of the work on which the writer spent most of his force; but, in his judgment, it includes an accoufit of all the best work accomplished on this undertaking, both by himself and by those working over and under him.
The Location of the Knoxville, La Follette and Jellico Railroad, of the Louisville and Nashville System
Taylor, W. D. (Autor:in)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 52 ; 467-489
01.01.2021
231904-01-01 pages
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