. The Street railway journal . build-ing consists of one central and two side sec-tions, the central section extending above these,forming a broad clere story with wide building is 242 ft. 8 ins. in length over all,and 94 ft. wide in extreme width. The steelgirders and columns are placed in extremewidth. The steel girders and columns areplaced in bents 12 ft. apart; the roof of theside section of the building slopes toward thecenter, while the roof over the central portion ispitched slightly toward either side. The roofingover the whole building is composed of 5j4-i-reinforced conc
. The Street railway journal . build-ing consists of one central and two side sec-tions, the central section extending above these,forming a broad clere story with wide building is 242 ft. 8 ins. in length over all,and 94 ft. wide in extreme width. The steelgirders and columns are placed in extremewidth. The steel girders and columns areplaced in bents 12 ft. apart; the roof of theside section of the building slopes toward thecenter, while the roof over the central portion ispitched slightly toward either side. The roofingover the whole building is composed of 5j4-i-reinforced concrete slab, covered with five-plypitch felt and gravel roofing. The guttersalong the eaves of the clere story are of i6-ouncecopper, while the counter-flashing between the roof and theside sections of the parapet, which runs completely aroundthe building, is of 14-ounce copper, tacked to a 2-in. x strip. The plate girders of the side section are 3 in. in depth at their outer ends, and about 2 ft. 4 in. in depth. FIG. -EXTERIOR OF DUNTON INSPECTION SHED have a span of 12 ft. in the clear, and a height of 15 ft. 7 the rail. The doorways at each end are closed by roll-ing steel doors. The parapet of the building is protected witha glazed tile coping. Ample light is furnished to the interiorby a double row of windows along each side, but skylightsare omitted. An exterior view of the sheds as viewed from where they rest upon the columns for supporting the clerestory. The six tracks run completely through the building,the doorways being fitted with rolling steel doors. The doorlintels are each of two lo-in. I-beams. The tracks are all provided with pits 3 ft. in depth belowthe base of the rails, which set about 43^2 ins. above the floor August i8, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 259 level upon 12-in. x 12-in. wooden stringers. A view of theexterior is shown in Fig. 28, and one of the interior is givenin Fig. 29. The Rockaway Park inspection shed will accommod
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