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| | ||style="text-align:center;" |'''Fencing'''<br>'''Drawing Nº5'''
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| || The hanging and closing posts shall be of sound English oak free from sap sawn die square above ground neatly chamfered on the edges and rounded on the top – The gates shall be of sound red wood fir free from sap shakes or flaws of the dimensions given in the drawing the whole planed and wrought truly square – The tenons and mortices shall be well and truly fitted together and when put together the joints shall be made ?? with white lead and secured with an oak pin All the ironwork shall be neatly forged and finished off – The whole of the gates to have four coats of best oil paint the last coat being of such colour as the Engineer may direct – Each occupation and field gate shall be provided with a good galvanized padlock keys and chain and with a notice board with the usual notice painted on it The occupation and field gates shall be hung so that they will close themselves and have a spring or catch to fasten to the closing post.
 
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| | ||style="text-align:center;" |'''Mile and Gradient Posts'''<br>'''Drawing Nº5'''
Occupation Road Field and Footpath Gates |-| || A mile or quarter mile post shall be fixed at every quarter of a mile with the distance clearly shewn in miles and quarter miles The gradient posts shall be sound English oak free from sap and shakes and one shall be fixed at change of each gradient with the inclinations clearly painted on it Where required Companies boundary posts shall be fixed as directed by the Engineer The whole of the mile gradient and boundary posts shall have four coats of best oil paint; the last must be of such colour as the Engineer may direct. 
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| | ||style="text-align:center;" |'''Excavations for Foundations'''
Occupation Road Field and Footpath Gates |-| || The excavations for foundations of all abutments piers bridge culverts walls and any other brick work or stonework shall be made to the exact size of the concrete brick or stonework and sunk to such a depth as the Engineer may direct and no concrete building or other work shall be commenced without the approval of the Engineer or his Assistant Should the hunches when in solid natural ground be dug by the Contractor of a greater width than is necessary for receiving the walls and foundations any space between the walls and the solid ground adjoining shall be filled and lightly packed with stones, no ash or soil being used.  The excavations shall be kept entirely free from water by pumping or otherwise during the progress of the works until the concrete and stone or brickwork on such foundations is set, the earth arising from such excavation shall be carried to embankment or other part of the work where the engineer may direct and in case no such depository can be found the Contractor shall remove the same from the work entirely and when the erection whatever it may be is completed the foundations shall be filled in and firmly punned round the brickwork or masonry to the surface level the surface of the ground being levelled and made good to the satisfaction of the Engineer.The Contractor at his own cost shall keep open all railways, roads, footpaths, sewers, watercourses, canals, &c free from obstruction at all times during the term of the contract. |-| | ||Pages 26 to 29 not yet transcribed
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| || capable of passing through a 4 inch ring or such hard and dry material as the Engineer may approve. The permanent way shall then be laid and securely packed up and boxed, the top ballast being of the same material as the bottom ballast but broken to pass through a 2 inch ring No sand will be allowed to be used on any consideration whatever nor material containing any admixture of clay or soil.
For the effectual drainage of the upper surface of all arches the spandrils shall be formed with sufficient fall to allow the free escape of the surface water towards the outside wall and into glazed or cast iron drain pipes as shewn on the drawings and the whole must be made perfectly watertight.
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| ||style="text-align:center;" | '''Tunnel'''<br>'''Drawing N<span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:small">o</span>7Nº7'''
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| || The Tunnel commences at 1M. 4 Chs. & terminates at 1M. 26 Chs. It is 484 yards in length.
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| ||style="text-align:center;" | '''Culverts'''<br>'''Drawing N<span style="vertical-align:super;font-size:small">o</span>9Nº9'''
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| || The barrels of all culverts shall be built of the dimensions shewn in the Drawings or of such other dimensions as the Engineer may determine during the progress of the Works. The whole of the Brickwork shall be built of well burnt bricks as before specified set in mortar or in Portland Cement where ordered.
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