. Electric railway journal . DETROIT FREIGHT TERMINAL VIEW SHOWING TRACKS BETWEEN INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FREIGHT BUILDINGS 220 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 6. DETROIT FREIGHT TERMINAL—CABINET FOR CURRENT RECORDSON SECOND FLOOR OF OFFICE directly from wagons into the cars. On this piece ofground are four team and storage tracks, 600 ft. long,which connect directly with the tracks between the twobuildings. A 20-ton wagon scale is installed at the frontend of this open yard. Here also will be constructedimmediately an automobile loading platform, an openplatform for storing empty oil barr
. Electric railway journal . DETROIT FREIGHT TERMINAL VIEW SHOWING TRACKS BETWEEN INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FREIGHT BUILDINGS 220 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 6. DETROIT FREIGHT TERMINAL—CABINET FOR CURRENT RECORDSON SECOND FLOOR OF OFFICE directly from wagons into the cars. On this piece ofground are four team and storage tracks, 600 ft. long,which connect directly with the tracks between the twobuildings. A 20-ton wagon scale is installed at the frontend of this open yard. Here also will be constructedimmediately an automobile loading platform, an openplatform for storing empty oil barrels and other emptycontainers, etc., and a covered milk platform. This openyard will not only provide space for efficient use atpresent for loading direct from trucks to cars, but alsoprovides space for future expansion of the buildingswhen the present floor space shall have reached itscapacity. Both buildings are of red-brick and timber construc-tion, with a two-story office section at the front end ofthe inbound house, the remainder of the two buildingsbeing of one-story height and having monitor-type structures are protected throughout by an aut
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