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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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r electricalrepairs. As may be seen from the plans, the various depart-ments are separated by extra heavy 16-in. fire-walls, and alldoors are of the self-closing, tin-covered, rolling type, forisolation of any department in case of fire. In all cases thedivision walls extend for some distance above the roofs, 24 ins.being the minimum projection, while in the case of the paintstore room, the most dangerous fire hazard of the entire shop,the side walls are carried some 4 ft. above the surrounding roof.Thus, in case of fire in that room, the side walls, projecting upas they do above the roof, would act as a chimney and carrythe flames up to a point where they might be easily taken careof, and not come in contact with the rest of the building; thisis a very valuable and effective arrangement for the paintstores, and should be made use of in other shops where largepaint stocks are carried. Another important fireproofing feature of the building con- July 2, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 17
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STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXIV. No. i. struction lies in the use of granolithic floors throughout uponthe ground-level floors; the upper floors in the two-storysections are of strong, slow-burning wood construction, and arefaced with %-in. matched birch. The roof construction in allparts of the building is of steel frame work, covered with 3-in.roof planking, over which is laid tar and gravel, according tothe usual method of gravel roof construction. The mansardroofs of the two-story sections are both covered with slate.Other interesting features of the shop building may be ob-served from the accompanying plans. The general procedure in the handling of car repairs will bethat of bringing cars first to the equipping or erecting shop, fordismantling, where they will be taken down and all partsstripped ready for the work of repairs. This department hastwo pit tracks leading in from the street throughout the lengthof the room, and a third, which extends through the L-shapesection of t

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