. The Street railway journal . GONVERTIBLE GAR—OPEN rate of speed approximating 12 miles per hour, little dif-ficulty is encountered in surmounting the grade. In the construction of the line it was necessary to do aconsiderable amount of piling and trestle work, the mostconspicuous example of which is the drawbridge overTanners Creek, an illustration of which accompanies thisarticle. This structure is 2000 ft. long, and consists ofdouble-track electric railroad, and a 20-ft. driveway along-side. The entire structure is built as one section, with norailing between the driveway and the tracks, a
. The Street railway journal . GONVERTIBLE GAR—OPEN rate of speed approximating 12 miles per hour, little dif-ficulty is encountered in surmounting the grade. In the construction of the line it was necessary to do aconsiderable amount of piling and trestle work, the mostconspicuous example of which is the drawbridge overTanners Creek, an illustration of which accompanies thisarticle. This structure is 2000 ft. long, and consists ofdouble-track electric railroad, and a 20-ft. driveway along-side. The entire structure is built as one section, with norailing between the driveway and the tracks, and is covered. GAR AS IT IS OFTEN RUN—HALF OPEN AND HALF GLOSED with 2-in. decking. The bents in this structure are 12 centers, and each line of piles consists of eightcreosoted sticks, with 36-in. butts, driven to hard piles are surmounted by caps of Georgia heart pine,12 ins. x 14 ins.; crossing these caps runs six lines ofstringers of similar size. Oak tics are laid across thestringers; the rails arc spiked to the ties, and the space bc- STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 248 tween the rails decked with 2-in. heart pine, with a groovecut through the pine deciding on the inside of the rail, toallow a clearance for the wheel flange. Tanners Creek is a navigable stream, many vessels pass-ing in and out. In the center of the bridge structure abovedescribed is a draw, which is constructed on the pivot pat-tern. This draw was built by the Union Bridge Company, [Vol. XVIII. No. 10. room; the remainder of the building consists of the ware-house proper. On the west side of the wharf is a ca
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