. The Street railway journal . The Leonhardt revolving tower wagon, built by the LeonhardtWagon Manufacturing Company, has recently been improved andis now put on the market by Messrs. Ives & McClernan, of Baltimore. As shown in Fig. i, it is very compact and when the tower islowered it does not project beyond the rear of tlie wagon, thus tak-ing up very little room in the street. The tower is easily raised andcan be made anj desired height up to twenty-four feet. It can bemade to stand on the side of the track four feet from the latter, per-mitting the widest cars to pass while work is being
. The Street railway journal . The Leonhardt revolving tower wagon, built by the LeonhardtWagon Manufacturing Company, has recently been improved andis now put on the market by Messrs. Ives & McClernan, of Baltimore. As shown in Fig. i, it is very compact and when the tower islowered it does not project beyond the rear of tlie wagon, thus tak-ing up very little room in the street. The tower is easily raised andcan be made anj desired height up to twenty-four feet. It can bemade to stand on the side of the track four feet from the latter, per-mitting the widest cars to pass while work is being done on the platform can be braced in case heavy materials are carried onthe platform as shown in Fig. 2. The wagon is not top heavy, and. FIG. 1.—TOWER LOWERED AND FOLDED. when lowered no part projects above the drivers head, the highestpoint being less than eight feet from the ground. This permits fastdriving through the streets withovit danger of upsetting. The tower
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