. Modern farm buildings : being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines . Alfred Hopkins, ArchitectFIG. 60—PLAN OF GARAGE AT GLEN COVE, L. I., FOB CLIFFORD V. BROKAW, ESQ. tage which has in addition a large shed for visiting machines—always a desirable and frequently a necessary feature in theprivate garage. In Fig. 60 is shown a plan along similar lines to that in , except that the e
. Modern farm buildings : being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines . Alfred Hopkins, ArchitectFIG. 60—PLAN OF GARAGE AT GLEN COVE, L. I., FOB CLIFFORD V. BROKAW, ESQ. tage which has in addition a large shed for visiting machines—always a desirable and frequently a necessary feature in theprivate garage. In Fig. 60 is shown a plan along similar lines to that in , except that the entrance is larger, accommodating twowashes, one on each side of the entrance. In Fig. 57 the site 178 MODERN FARM BUILDINGS allowed entrance to the garage from the front and back, whichsimplified the problem greatly. In Fig. 60, entrance was tobe had from the front only, which necessitated the widest pos-sible opening from the wash to the automobile room. Thisdoes not separate the washing space quite as much as is de-sirable, for the wet and spatter of the hose is best kept en-tirely away from the clean cars. To partially overcome this —J FLOOR4 I LINE. 4- WASTE. FIG. 61—DETAIL OF SAND TRAP FOR THE AUTOMOBILEWASH OR CARRIAGE WASH objection in the plan (Fig. 60), an overhead washer was putin the machine shop, which will allow a third place where carsmay be washed. Here the washing will be entirely out of theway—a disposition of the wash room which the chauffeur in-variably prefers. Fig 61 gives the detail of a very goodtype of outlet for either the automobile wash or the carriagewash. This trap, called a sand trap, is formed entirely inthe concrete floor. The sand from the washing will not stopup the soil line, but collects in the bottom of the trap, whereit can easily be removed with a hoe. The grating and frameshould be galvanized and the grating made easily arranging for the chauffeurs rooms the temptation isto put them on the second story on accou
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