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Identifier: railwaymastermec33newy (find matches)
Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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5g IMH^YWW Mllff ^; LAVATORYFOREMAN!, OFFICE ABOVE Machine and Erecting Shop, St. L. & S. F. Ry. Owing to the length of the concrete walls, expansion jointsare provided every forty feet, and to prevent any possibleuneven settlement of adjacent sections at these joints, a heavyreinforced concrete mat has been placed immediately underthe joint. These were placed in advance of the walls andfinished on top, so that walls do not bend with the matsand are thus free to move. The east end of the transfer table pit extends under theyard crane runway, which is located at right angles to it,a distance of 25 feet, so that material can be readily placedupon the transfer table from the electric yard crane. Thetransfer table and yard crane runway thus become two corn- being readily handled from the store department via the yardcrane to any department north or south, and, by placing onthe transfer table, to departments west. The industrial track system, which is of standard gauge,with few minor e

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