. Book of the Royal blue . STREET TKKMINAL, LOOKIMJ lOWAKD MAIN W.\ITING-R00M From the corridor outgoing train pas-sengers enter the second-story lobby, whereare situated ticket offices and public tele-phone booths. At the rear of the lobby isthe second-story waiting-room, and to oneside the womens waiting-room. The exitfrom the second-story waiting-room leadsdirectly by inclines and gangway bridges tothe upper deck of the ferry boats. Broadstairways connect the upper and lower lob-bies and upper and lower waiting-rooms. frame, filled with terra cotta tile and plas-tered on the inside. The ext
. Book of the Royal blue . STREET TKKMINAL, LOOKIMJ lOWAKD MAIN W.\ITING-R00M From the corridor outgoing train pas-sengers enter the second-story lobby, whereare situated ticket offices and public tele-phone booths. At the rear of the lobby isthe second-story waiting-room, and to oneside the womens waiting-room. The exitfrom the second-story waiting-room leadsdirectly by inclines and gangway bridges tothe upper deck of the ferry boats. Broadstairways connect the upper and lower lob-bies and upper and lower waiting-rooms. frame, filled with terra cotta tile and plas-tered on the inside. The exterior alongWest Street and the river end of the ferry-house is sheathed with copper and all otheroutside walls are of corrugated galvanizediron. Reinforced concrete Hoor and roof arches are used throughout. To preventthe spread of flames, fire walls have beenrun from low-water mark to the roof alongthe north and south walls of the ferry-house,and at other points. There are no openings NEW LIBERTY STREET TERMINAL, NEW YORK. NEW LIBERTY STREET TERMINAL, NEW YORK 9 in these walls, excepting one where theSandy Hook route passageway connects withthe ferry-house. A fire door is provided atthis point. The entire roof, with the ex-ception of the promenade portion, is cov-ered with a five-ply tarred felt and slag roof-ing. The promenade portion is five-plytarred felt waterproofing and vitrified tilebrick paving on top. The ferry bridges are of the ordinaryfour-truss bowstring type of bridges in or-dinary use at ferries around New York The fioors in all the waiting-rooms in theferry-house are of marble mosaic. On ac-count of the excessive wear to which thesefloors will be subjected and the liability ofthe concrete underneath cracking, due totemperature changes and other causes, greatcare was used to prevent these cracks fromshowing in the mosaic. The mosaic is madeunusually thick, to overcome the wear. Be-tween the lower floor and the upper floor isa sand cushion. On top of this cushion
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