. Textbook of landscape gardening, designed especially for the use of non-professional students. Landscape gardening. LESSON 39 Railroad Station Grounds HE purpose of this lesson is to exhibit the prob- lems which arise in the layout of the grounds about the average rural railroad station and to present some of the considerations upon which a solution of these problems may be based. Discussion The average rural railway station grounds comprise always the following units: (1) Tracks (2) Sidings (3) Station buildings (4) Platforms (5) Vehicle approaches (6) Foot approaches (7) Traffic space To t
. Textbook of landscape gardening, designed especially for the use of non-professional students. Landscape gardening. LESSON 39 Railroad Station Grounds HE purpose of this lesson is to exhibit the prob- lems which arise in the layout of the grounds about the average rural railroad station and to present some of the considerations upon which a solution of these problems may be based. Discussion The average rural railway station grounds comprise always the following units: (1) Tracks (2) Sidings (3) Station buildings (4) Platforms (5) Vehicle approaches (6) Foot approaches (7) Traffic space To these may be added in special cases various other items such as (8) Separate freight station (9) Water tank (10) Coal bunkers (11) Cattle yards Every satisfactory station grounds also has some relief of trees and shrubs, grass or parkings. In securing a satisfactory effect, from the standpoint of civic art, these ornamental features are highly important 170. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waugh, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1869-1943. New York, John Wiley & sons, inc. ; [etc. , etc. ]
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