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RAILWAYS. TRAFFIC AND FINANCES.
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meters, and forms, so far as length and height above the water (40’5 meters)
are concerned, the most important bridge-construction that has hitherto been
undertaken in Sweden. Further may be mentioned the bridge over öre elf, which is
1 <>8’y meters long and has four arches, the longest of which is 53 meters; the
bridge over Ume elf, which is 178’ft meters long and has three arches, two of
which are 59’6 meters each; one of the bridges over the Vindel elf, which is
181 meters long and has four arches, two of which are 62 meters each; and
the bridge over Lule elf, which is 162 meters long and has three arches, the
longest of which is 62 meters. — Amongst other works of skill we must not omit
to mention the tunnel, 433 meters, almost in the heart of Stockholm, the two
tunnels of the Lappland railway, resp. 837 and 536 m., and the extensive
bridge-building, banking, and pilingwork executed in connection with the railway through
Stockholm city; also the works, noticeable from several points of view, on the
.Stockholm—Saltsjöbaden line, amongst which is especially a tunnel 643 meters
long, curved and gradient. In connection with this, mention must be made of
the extensive quay buildings and loading arrangements that have been commenced
at Svartön, close by Luleå, and at Oxelösund — both for the iron ore export.
No notable station buildings, except the terminus at Stockholm and the station
in Malmö, are worth mentioning. The important increase of traffic has, however,
necessitated the rebuilding and enlargement of the stations in some of the larger
towns. With this object in view, extensive preparations are at present being made
at the head-stations of Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Helsingborg.
Vännäs Station, in the Vesterbotten Län.
The rolling-stock can in its leading features be considered as a
comprehension of the English, German, Swiss, and American types of
construction, with the special alterations and improvements in detail
which best answer the requirements of the country.
The number of locomotives amounts to about 1,500, 700 of which on the
Government railways; the cost of the latter amounts to about 32 million kronor.
Composite engines, which formerly were not employed in traffic, have now begun
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