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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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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SECTION THROUGH THE FACILITIES ROOMS
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INTERIOR VIEW OF THE HARMON INSPECTION SHEU, SHOVVNG TlIK POSITION OF THE FACILITIES ROOMS shed is typical of the rest, only this portion of the work sewers. The longitudinal sewers between the transverse or need be described. The roof is drained by separate inside main sewers are 6 in. diameter, The sewer piping is fur- 4-in galvanized iron leaders, which are carried down the nished with stoppers at the points where extensions are to piers to cast-iron soil pipes extending 8 ft. above fIoors,which be made. in turn drain to the sewers below. The floors are pitched It will be noted upon examining a cross section of a pit June 8, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1017 that the center of the pit floor is the highest, and, Ifherefore,the dryest point, all water being carried away to the sidegutters at once. The center floor drain between the pitsserves as a hold for ladders placed against the cars, whilethe two-way pitch thus obtained is of further advantage that now supplying the Croton ter

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