. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . proper,which is dominated by the main terminalbuilding. In designing this building, theexterior finish of which is granite andIndiana limestone, the architects had inmind an expression of the old terminalidea, which is a gateway to a city, hencethe central part of the facade is in theform of a triumphal arch of monumentalproportions surmounted by a statuarygroup representing Progress, Mental andPhysical force. The style has somethingof the Doric motif, modified by the FrenchRenaissance, with
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . proper,which is dominated by the main terminalbuilding. In designing this building, theexterior finish of which is granite andIndiana limestone, the architects had inmind an expression of the old terminalidea, which is a gateway to a city, hencethe central part of the facade is in theform of a triumphal arch of monumentalproportions surmounted by a statuarygroup representing Progress, Mental andPhysical force. The style has somethingof the Doric motif, modified by the FrenchRenaissance, with only enough ornamenta-tion to relieve the severity of the classiclines. As one of the architects expressedit: It is not an Art Museum nor a Hallof Fame, but a place of dignified simplic-ity, easy of access, and comfortable. In the mere matter of exact dimensionsit may be briefly stated that the total areaof the new terminal is 79 acres, the oldterminal which it supersedes being 23acres. The tracks in the terminal propermeasure miles. The length of thestation on the street level is CROSS SECTION OF MAIN BUILDING. which is as nearly perfect a record as the with a width of 310 feet, and 150 feet most skillful operation can effect. high. Below the street level the length is It is doubtful indeed if the work could 745 feet, 455 feet wide, and 45 feet deep. March, 1913. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 85 making a distance of 195 feet from thelower tracks to the roof. In all 118,000 tonsof steel was used in the construction. Theinterlocking switch and signal tower has760 levers, 400 of which are used on the out creating a room that would ratherstagger the human at first sight of , then, is the heart of the the south side of this room are themany ways that lead to and from Forty-
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