. Canadian transportation & distribution management. op, boiler house, fanhouse, office and stores, castings store, andsundry accessories, is built of concrete, The difficulties presenting themselvesduring tihe courrse of construction havebeen many and varied, particularly an in-flux of water, both on and below the sur-face, in addition to which practically thewhole site has been raised 7 ft. by meansof a fill, to suit the grade of the St. Lam-bert yard. All the buildings were designedin the Chief Engineers office, and the work in the roof over each stall is a telescopicsmoke jack, the hood of
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. op, boiler house, fanhouse, office and stores, castings store, andsundry accessories, is built of concrete, The difficulties presenting themselvesduring tihe courrse of construction havebeen many and varied, particularly an in-flux of water, both on and below the sur-face, in addition to which practically thewhole site has been raised 7 ft. by meansof a fill, to suit the grade of the St. Lam-bert yard. All the buildings were designedin the Chief Engineers office, and the work in the roof over each stall is a telescopicsmoke jack, the hood of which can be reg-ulated and lowered to fit the smoke stackof the locomotive, this ensuring the smokeand fumes being carried direct to the openair. At the centre of the radius of the round-house is an 85 ft. diameter standard turn-table, built by the Dominion Bridge Co.,the concrete pit, etc., for same being con-structed by the contractors. The turn-table is operated by compressed air fromthe main air compressor. The whole of the main buildings are. Bridge Across the South Saskatchewan River at Outlook, Sask. (Continued from last page.) steel, brick, and timber, the whole on con-crete foundations 2*4 ft. thick, carrieddown to solid rock, which is found about2y2 ft. below natural ground line. In addition to the main buildings, thereare, of course, the necessary coaling sta-tion (a gravity fed plant of 500 tons ca-pacity), sand house, drying plant, water col-
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