. Electric railway review . andother furnishings for the comfort of the Details. In developing the pit details for the shop and car housetwo kinds of construction were found advisable. In the shopswhere the heavy inspection work is performed concrete pillarsspaced 8 feet apart and faced with channel-iron columns areused. The iron facings are grouted and also made secure byfr70 Anchor bolts which extend into the pillars. The columnsare supported on 6 by 18 by %-inch wrought-iron plateswhich rest on the concrete floor of the pits. On the tops ofthe iron columns are wrougbt-iron plat
. Electric railway review . andother furnishings for the comfort of the Details. In developing the pit details for the shop and car housetwo kinds of construction were found advisable. In the shopswhere the heavy inspection work is performed concrete pillarsspaced 8 feet apart and faced with channel-iron columns areused. The iron facings are grouted and also made secure byfr70 Anchor bolts which extend into the pillars. The columnsare supported on 6 by 18 by %-inch wrought-iron plateswhich rest on the concrete floor of the pits. On the tops ofthe iron columns are wrougbt-iron plates to which the rails and the columns are bolted. In this way the center of eachrail is directly over the center line of the supporting pillars are designed to support safely a weight of each. The method of laying the concrete floor where it joinsthe rails of the shop pits is novel. The concrete is onlybrought up to the base of the rail. The edges of the concrete [V/PodMrftTi/f/fai/mtV L/7?£/?oo 3 J. Car House and Shops at Knoxville—Details of Track Pits. are faced with two single irons bolted together to make a Z-shaped retaining strip of sufficient height to reach the ball ofthe rail. These angle plates are bolted to the face of theplates on the tops of the wrought-iron columns. This type ofconstruction is designed to allow for future renewal of thesteel without interfering with the platform between the the car house the rail supports under the pits are com-posed of 6-inch wrought-iron pipes set three feet deep in con-crete and filled with concrete. The upper ends of the pipes
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