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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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Los Angeles Railway Shops—Panoramic View of Buildings, Showing Shops on the Right and Car House on the Left. new shops and storage buildings of this cmjany and outlinesmany of its more interesting shop methods.Division Headquarters.There are three division headquarters, each comprising astorage barn with facilities for light repairs and also accom-modations for the operating department. The headquartersfor Division Xo. 1 are located near the center of the city; second story has been built at one end of the car house. IIis utilized for division headquarters and employes recreationrooms. Shop Buildings. As earlier stated, the shop buildings in which the heavyrepair work for the entire equipment of the Los Angeles Rail-way is performed are at Division No. 2 headquarters. With
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Los Angeles Railway Shops—interior of Well-Lighted Repair Shop. Division No. 2 has its headquarters at the south edge of thecity; and Division No. 3 at the north end of the city. Thebuildings for Division No. 1 have been utilized for some time.The structures at Division No. 3 are new and comprise astorage barn. .)S0 feet long, with l.i tracks extending its fulllength, and a two-story brick building, in which are the operat-ing offices for the transportation department and excellentrecreation facilities tor the employes of this division. Accom-panying engravings illustrate the general appearance of the the car house already mentioned the group of building.s fullyoccupies a piece of land one block wide and two blocks long.The buildings are all of brick with concrete foimdations.Special care was taken in the design to jirovide for abundantillumination during the daytime, as will be noted in severalof the halftone engravings accompanying this article. The arrangement of the shop buildin

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