. Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . PLATE 7. Report of the Chief Engineer. 41 covered with a smooth layer of concrete which may be washedclean. This concrete surface slopes from the white edge of theplatform to the head of the nearest rail and then drops to thesurface of the ties and slopes slightly away from the platforminto drains beyond the track. The structural steel columns supporting the roof are encasedin concrete. The doors, ticket offices and news-stands arecovered with sheet copper, and, with the exception of the oakhandrails, there is no expose
. Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending .. . PLATE 7. Report of the Chief Engineer. 41 covered with a smooth layer of concrete which may be washedclean. This concrete surface slopes from the white edge of theplatform to the head of the nearest rail and then drops to thesurface of the ties and slopes slightly away from the platforminto drains beyond the track. The structural steel columns supporting the roof are encasedin concrete. The doors, ticket offices and news-stands arecovered with sheet copper, and, with the exception of the oakhandrails, there is no exposed woodwork on the inside of thesubway which might catch fire. At the Massachusetts station a waiting room at the streetlevel on Massachusetts avenue and a stairway leading to thelobby, also an exit passageway leading to Newbury street, havebeen completed. At the easterly end of the station, at the topof the stairways leading from the platforms to the roof, a brickbuilding has been constructed which can be used for entranceand exit. From this building there is a passageway about
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