They eventually joined together near the center of the bridge where a supporting steel trestle was positioned. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Retell “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce using a local train trestle and creek as the setting. From Wordnik.com. [Short Eerie Reads...] Reference
"No, but the trestle is the sticker," some one remarked. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
The network of the trestle was a maze of incised lines against the shaded bank opposite. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
We would have taken any way rather than this; but it was late and growing dark, and the trestle was a short cut home. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life]
Deputies walked the trestle, which is about 200 feet above the shallow creek, while others waded in the water near the body. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Down the street way up in the air on a kind of trestle, he saw a train of cars tearing by. From Wordnik.com. [Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds] Reference
The patient was placed on ... a kind of trestle with sharp-edged rungs across it like a ladder. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
Inside, hundreds of loan advisers sit behind trestle tables. From Wordnik.com. [US homeowners flock to Florida event in desperate bid to save properties] Reference
Rope drives were used to shift the cableways along the trestle. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The trestle work was made of 12×12-in. timbers and was approximately. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The following estimates of the cost of a trestle and car plant are given by. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The trestle bridge at Frere was now completed, and trains began to run over it. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
A spur track 175 ft. long from clear post to end was built on trestle as shown. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The culvert was built under a trestle 65 ft. high, before filling in the trestle. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Visions of Section Eight housing, or maybe a lean-to under a bridge trestle, loomed. From Wordnik.com. [Intro To the Great American Novel] Reference
As the concreting progressed upward the trestle was extended and the chute shortened. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
If the amount of work will justify the expense, a trestle may be built; often there is. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The concrete in the arch was wheeled 300 ft. on a trestle, and dumped onto the centers. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
As he jumped away from the train, he kept firing down at the policemen under the trestle. From Wordnik.com. [Sugarexplosion] Reference
Make a runway on a trestle at least 18 ins. wide, so that men will be in no danger of falling. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Near the end of the trestle toward the tunnel and on the same side of the track was the mixer plant. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The stone was shipped in drop-bottom cars and dumped into bins built on the ground under the trestle. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Cross the layers of asparagus like a trestle, put on the oven and keep until the seasoning, is melted. From Wordnik.com. [The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well] Reference
The trestle-work is very substantial, and undoubtedly strong enough to support a narrow-gauge railway. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
The destruction of the blockhouse and the trestle could be left to the army behind; the scouts moved on again. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
New York Cavalry, were sent seven miles in the direction of Wilmington, to destroy an extensive bridge and trestle work. From Wordnik.com. [Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro (North Carolina) expedition, December, 1862] Reference
When the cars can be unloaded through a trestle, hopper bottom cars should by all means be secured for delivering the stone. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
To distribute the skip cars along the work a trestle was built close alongside the bridge and at about springing line level. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
To construct the arches a second trestle was built composed partly of new work and partly of the staging for the arch centers. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
A track ran lengthwise of the trestle over each culvert wall, and a cross track intersecting both with turntables ran to the mixer. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
A derrick or cableway may often prove cheaper than tieing up form lumber by trying to make it serve the double purpose of a trestle. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The broken stone and sand were delivered near the work in hopper-bottom cars which were dumped through a trestle onto a plank floor. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The molds were erected on the trestle by a locomotive crane and were then lifted by the mold traveler, carried and lowered into place. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
This trestle rose on an incline from the mixer to the first pier across which it was carried at approximately crown level of the arch. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
When the first arch had been concreted the second trestle was extended to pier two and the operation repeated to concrete the second arch. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
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