. The Street railway journal . of the inspection shed are of metal framing and wire glass,according to the A. E. Rendle Companys Paradign sys-tem, instead of wood framing as at East New York. Owing. FIG. 11.—STEEL SUPPORTS HOLDING UP CAR AS TRUCKIS LOWERED FIG. -BLOWER AND HEATER COILS MOUNTED ONPLATFORM 31 ft. %y\ ins. and the remainder 26 ft. 6 ins. wide betweenrows of columns. The roof is carried on lattice girder postsspaced 20 ft. centers, between which are carried the trian-gular trusses of the saw-tooth construction. These trussesare located for a clear headroom of 20 ft. 6 ins. Th
. The Street railway journal . of the inspection shed are of metal framing and wire glass,according to the A. E. Rendle Companys Paradign sys-tem, instead of wood framing as at East New York. Owing. FIG. 11.—STEEL SUPPORTS HOLDING UP CAR AS TRUCKIS LOWERED FIG. -BLOWER AND HEATER COILS MOUNTED ONPLATFORM 31 ft. %y\ ins. and the remainder 26 ft. 6 ins. wide betweenrows of columns. The roof is carried on lattice girder postsspaced 20 ft. centers, between which are carried the trian-gular trusses of the saw-tooth construction. These trussesare located for a clear headroom of 20 ft. 6 ins. They are to the absence of adjoining buildings and outside fire wallsboth sides of the inspection structure are furnished with thesame style of pivoted window sash which gives such excel-lent light at the East New York shops. The openingmechanism of this sash is shown in Fig. 8. 412 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. lo. The entering end of the inspection shed can be closed byKinnear steel rolling doors having insulated trolley might be noted here that in connection with elevated caroperation in steel truss inspection sheds considerable diffi- ihe adjoining track is now being
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