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Identifier: streetrailwayjo311908newy (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.
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s about 20 miles, and its maximum width isabout 6 miles. Closely adjacent to the great coalfields ofAlabama, with vast deposits of iron in the neighboringmountain ranges, the city of Birmingham is in an unusuallystrong industrial position and the field for manufacturingis being rapidly developed. The street railway system com-prises 112 miles of track, of which 32.3 miles are doubletrack. The maximum ride on a 5-cent fare is 14.78 milesand the average daily passenger traffic is 60,000. and Wylam. At the Birmingham station are the offices ofthe freight traffic manager, T. G. Brobston. Two sidetracks and a transfer platform are provided at Birminghamfor the receipt and delivery of express freight. As far aspossible all storage of freight is avoided at this point.Freight is brought to the station by the shippers and isaccepted for transportation up to within fifteen minutes ofthe leaving time of the train. Each car is then locked andcannot be opened until it reaches the proper authorized
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ONE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE BOX CARS agent of the company. Clerical supplies for the districtagencies are stored at the Birmingham office. The agency at Ensley is a typical district freight station.It is a combined power substation and express depot, theexpress section being about 85 ft. long x 44 ft. wide, twostories in height and of brick and timber construction.Two tracks are provided for the reception and dispatch offreight and the general freight room is approximately 41ft. square, with three 7-ft. doors on each of the sidesparallel to the tracks, and another similar door on an

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo311908newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:826
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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