| From the Augusta Constitutionalist |
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| December 9, 1864 |
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| A New Invention |
| The Savannah Republican has
obtained one of Sherman's machines for tearing up iron from railroads:
It consists of a strong iron clamp, hooked at one end and with an
oblong heavy link in the other. The clamp is placed under the iron bar
or stringer, and a horse attached to the link; when the force is
applied it gives a rotary motion to the rail and it is bound to come.
The action is pretty much that of a clamp and lever used for turning
longs at a saw-mill. The instrument in question was found on the line
of the Waynesboro' road {Augusta & Savannah
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