One justification for federal funding of the transcontinental railroads was the need to save California for the Union, but by the time construction got underway, the Civil War was over and California was safe. The railroads were built ahead of demand, floundered in bankruptcy, and created political and economic problems that plagued the West for a generation.
By night a ferry shall carry amidships in addition to sidelights, and the forward and stern lights prescribed by Rule 23(a) a blue light over a white light not less than 2 metres or more than 3 metres apart visible all round the horizon at least 1 mile.
Byelaw 29(2) caught my eye:
When the headroom of an arch or span is reduced, but still open to traffic, the following signals shall be suspended from the centre of that arch.
By day – a bundle of straw large enough to be easily visible.
Might be about time to update that signal. I guess we can be thankful it has already been updated from the old practice of hanging screaming convicts or rotting animal corpses.
