. Book of the Royal blue . to the second floor isvia a footbridge spanning West Street, withan entrance on Liberty Street just east ofWest Street. The ferry-house end of the NEW LIBERTY STREET TERMINAL, NEW YORK bridge opens into a broad corridor extendiriiiacross the entire width of the ferry-house,connecting; at either end with the exit pas-sageways from the upper deck of the ferryboats. This corridor also connects with apassageway to Pier lO, the landing place ofthe Sandy Hook route steamers, thus ena-bling passengers to enter the station at Lib-erty Street and stay under co\er the entiredi
. Book of the Royal blue . to the second floor isvia a footbridge spanning West Street, withan entrance on Liberty Street just east ofWest Street. The ferry-house end of the NEW LIBERTY STREET TERMINAL, NEW YORK bridge opens into a broad corridor extendiriiiacross the entire width of the ferry-house,connecting; at either end with the exit pas-sageways from the upper deck of the ferryboats. This corridor also connects with apassageway to Pier lO, the landing place ofthe Sandy Hook route steamers, thus ena-bling passengers to enter the station at Lib-erty Street and stay under co\er the entiredistance to the boat landing. Hoth waiting-rooms arc situated in the inte-rior of the structure, with very little oppor-tunity for outside windows. Ventilation isobtained by means of skylights and ventilat-ing ceiling lights. The building is heatedby steam throughout, supplied by a plant onthe Structurally, the buildings, as far as pos-sible, were made fireproof. The bulkheadshed and ferrv-house have a light steel. IBERTY STREET From the corridor outgoing train pas-sengers enter the second-story lobby, whereare situated ticket offices and public tele-phone booths. At the rear of the lobby isthe second-story waiting-room, and to oneside the womens waiting-room. The exitfrom the second-story waiting-room leadsdirectly by inclines and gangway bridges tothe upper deck of the ferry boats. Broadstairways connect the upper and lower lob-bies and upper and lower waiting-rooms. frame, filled with terra cotta tile and plas-tered on the inside. The exterior aloneW^est Street and the ri\er end of the ferry-house is sheathed with copper and all otheroutside walls are of corrugated gaUanizediron. Reinforced concrete floor and roof arches are used throughout. To preventthe spread of flames, fire walls ha\e beenrun from low-water mark to the roof alongthe north and south walls of the ferry-house,and at other points. There are no openings iVJETF LIBERTY STREET TERMINAL, NEW YORK
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