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Identifier: streetrailwayj261905newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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light diffused throughout the shop is very restful to the eye. The floor of the shop and of the pits is of concrete, while thepit tracks themselves are carried on reinforced concrete posts6 ins. in diameter, spaced 3 ft. 9 ins. centers, longitudinally.The pits extend the entire length of the building, with the ex-ception of 45 ft. at the front end of each bay, which portionhas a well-drained concrete floor, and is provided with hose
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FIG. 5—INTERIOR OF COMPLETED CONCRETE CAR HOUSE FIG. 8.—DETAIL OF GIRDER CENTERING electric crane—the movement of the cars being effected by theirown trolley. The crane itself will also take its operating cur-rent from the central trolley wire, as it is provided with 500- connections between each track for washing the cars. Con-crete steps lead up from the pits at each end. The space be-tween the tracks is open beneath the floor, thereby giv-

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