Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1917 — CATTLE PASSES OF CONCRETE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CATTLE PASSES OF CONCRETE

Western Railroad Makes New and Val« uable Use of Its Culvert£ip«n Instead of using culvert pipes for drainage only, a railway has installed a number of such pipes on its line between Minneapolis and Superior, as cattle passes, These new culverts

are of re-enforced concrete and are made in sections five feet six Inches long. Each section is oval in shape, being 7 feet 5 inches in height and 7 feet wide. A flat space, 2 feet wide, serves as the bottom of the passageway. These pipes have been found fully as satisfactory as the arched or boxlike culverts which are commonly built where a pass for stock must be provided beneath an elevated track. The various sections of the pipe, after being placed, were cemented together. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.

One of Several Large Culverts, Made of Oval Conrete Pipe, Which Serve as Cattle Passes Under a Railway.