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Identifier: electricrailwayr17amer (find matches)
Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Ravenswood Extension of the Northwestern Elevated—Plate GirderThrough Span over Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Ravenswood Extension of the Northwestern Elevated—StandardConstruction Showing Longitudinal Bracing. with the original line at Clark and Roscoe streets in Chicagoand extending west 3% miles, to join there a new surface line1% miles long terminating in Ravenswood. Both local andexpress service are given. Details of Steelwork.The new structure supports two tracks throughout its occurs at the crossing over the Chicago & Northwesterntracks. About 8,800 tons of open-hearth bridge steel were used.It was specified that this material should have an ultimatetensile strength of 28 to 32 tons, and an elastic limit of notless than 16.5 tons per square inch. The steel was first givena shop coat of Lowe Brothers red lead lute paint and then
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Ravenswood Extension of the Northwestern Elevated—View ofClark Street Junction. Ravenswood Extension of the Northwestern Elevated—View UnderStructure, Showing Slight Obstruction to Light and Air. length and is designed to carry a third track, about 1,500 feetlong, for storing cars near Western avenue. The spans com-prise deck plate girders, 40 feet long, supported on built-upcolumns, anchored to concrete footings. The structure,averaging 20 feet high to the base of rail, is braced everyfourth span by towers having longitudinal crossties. An ex- a field coat of the Northwestern Elevated standard first coat,which is a mixture of Princes mineral graphite and red leadground in raw linseed oil, the latter coat having been appliedwhen the work was in position. Track Construction.The rails are laid on ties of long-leaf yellow pine. Both June 22. 1907 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 811 inner and outer guard rails are provided for each track, beingoVz by 5 inches and 6 by 8 inches in section, res

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  • bookid:electricrailwayr17amer
  • bookyear:1906
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:American_Street_and_Interurban_Railway_Association
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • bookpublisher:Chicago___Wilson_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:847
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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