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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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o windows in the first story. The second story,however, has windows at front, side and rear, those overlook-ing the roof being protected by iron shutters. The divisionsuperintendents office, in the northwest corner of the building,has a bow window, so that he can observe from his desk whatis taken place along the entire front as well as over the largerportion of the yards surrounding the building. The interior of the car house proper is well lighted by largeskylights furnished by the National Ventilating Company.The skylights are about 5 ft. x 10 ft. in size. Two are placed 992 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXVI. No. 23. in each bay, one on either side of the ridge, thus giving about4500 sq. ft. of lighting surface. Ventilation is secured by 12-in.Globe ventilators at the ridge. The building is lighted at nightby electric lights from current supplied by the local lightingcompany. Arcs are used in the car house proper and in theyards, and incandescent lights in the offices, rooms, etc.
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All connecting doorways between the sections of the carhouse are furnished with self-closing fire doors. The front ofthe house is closed by Kinnear steel curtain doors. Under alltracks inspection pits are built of gravel concrete walls 12 ins.in thickness. The pits are 4 ft. wide and 4 ft. 6 ins. deep,capped with an 8 x 10 timber fastened by bolts anchored inthe concrete walls. To this timber the track rails are spiked.Beyond the pits cross-ties are used under the rails. The pitsdo not extend the full length of the building, but run for 175ft. into the house, commencing at the front end of the building.The pits have cement steps at one end. The pits under the

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