. Electric railway journal . Brick Block Standard Parina Brick „ ■ (---- -v-- ?..^0\ , Grout I).-, \lj6routl[3 Granite Block l-30-lb-■TRail k-/3-l- Limit ofRailwayPortion I Sand Cushion FIG. 1- Jie 6x8x7 Spaced18 C. I3-6 Conor -COMBINATION PAVING, USING BRICK ANDGRANITE BLOCK with general approval. It is noiseless, sanitary, dur-able, easily repaired and can be laid by the railwaycompanys own construction force. The local standardfor wood-block paving is shown in Fig. 3. It will benoticed that no sand cushion is provided under theblocks. The top of the concrete is smoothed with a%-in.
. Electric railway journal . Brick Block Standard Parina Brick „ ■ (---- -v-- ?..^0\ , Grout I).-, \lj6routl[3 Granite Block l-30-lb-■TRail k-/3-l- Limit ofRailwayPortion I Sand Cushion FIG. 1- Jie 6x8x7 Spaced18 C. I3-6 Conor -COMBINATION PAVING, USING BRICK ANDGRANITE BLOCK with general approval. It is noiseless, sanitary, dur-able, easily repaired and can be laid by the railwaycompanys own construction force. The local standardfor wood-block paving is shown in Fig. 3. It will benoticed that no sand cushion is provided under theblocks. The top of the concrete is smoothed with a%-in. layer of 1:2 cement mortar which, after setting,is painted with hot asphaltum and the wood blocks arelaid immediately thereon. The cross-section in Fig. 4 is of the type of pave-ment used on Second Avenue after the track reconstruc-tion. The tracks on this street were originally laid in1895 with high 72-lb. T-rails and brick paving. As this Standard Paving Brick2Asphalt Granite Block ■ 7-80-lt>JRaii. Limit of - ~ <-J -* „ f Pa Unays ,J Portion1-3-6 Concrete! lie 6*8x 7Spaced 18 CtoC. Cement and Sand Cushion IS FIG. 2—COMBINATION PAVING, USING ASPHALT ANDGRANITE BLOCK time required to harden after having been laid. Brickpavement has, however, proved most satisfactory inSeattle, complying, as it does, with the three essentials,smoothness, good wearing qualities and ability to with-stand rail vibrations. A most important factor in agood brick surface is, of course, the quality of the brickitself. In this respect Seattle is fortunate in havingwithin its limits a manufacturer of a particularly ex-cellent paving brick. Granite block pavement has been used on some streetsof heavy grade and has given good satisfaction. None 7-80-lp J-Rail Wood Strip Ix-t Cement Mortarf-3 I*/ Icf Limttof--- ^•»vdht~-^- -z-4-r4l*-f-?5i—» cLof ~ Rightof Portion Tie 6x8x f Spaced Concrete P-f-7 FIG. 3—WOOD-BLOCK WITHOUT SANDCUSHION of this type has been ins
Size: 3284px × 761px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
