. Design of the freight yard of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad at Scranton, Pa. . or the outside of the concrete wall. j After the outside walls wer-e built, the whole inside of the pits v/as then excavated. It was done by runnirig a track down themiddle and loading the spoil directly into cars on this track. Thenthe cars were hauled out h\ a locomotive. This process was carriedon as long as a track could be maintained. Afterwards, the dirt was i loaded into baskets and hoisted out by means of a train wrecker • or derrick. Uext in order, the center walls were built, followed by th
. Design of the freight yard of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad at Scranton, Pa. . or the outside of the concrete wall. j After the outside walls wer-e built, the whole inside of the pits v/as then excavated. It was done by runnirig a track down themiddle and loading the spoil directly into cars on this track. Thenthe cars were hauled out h\ a locomotive. This process was carriedon as long as a track could be maintained. Afterwards, the dirt was i loaded into baskets and hoisted out by means of a train wrecker • or derrick. Uext in order, the center walls were built, followed by thecrane walls on the outside. The rails to be imbeaded in the top of jthe concrete v;alls were supported by an iron rod with a fork orsimilar shape at the top. The concrete was then placed in the formsleaving the rods incased. I] The cast iron columns supporting the inner rail were set with an error of five thousandths of a foot both for line and weigh 2B00 lb. apiece and were placed in position by the derrickof the wrecker, and adjusted by means of crowbars, Plate VII is I.
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