. Armour engineer. Side-wa/fc^ Fig. 27. Typical Section of aStation Building Wall. 54 THE ARMOUR ENGINEER I Vol. 2, No. 1 ental, and a medium shade of Oriental is used for theprojecting quoins at the corners and offsets. This differencein color is to give contrast. The bricks are laid up in darkred mortar; the joints are deeply recessed and ^4-inch inthickness. A white enameled brick was decided upon for theinterior face after a number of kinds of light colored pressedbrick had been considered. The great need for utilizing allthe reflected light possible in these small buildings and thedesirab
. Armour engineer. Side-wa/fc^ Fig. 27. Typical Section of aStation Building Wall. 54 THE ARMOUR ENGINEER I Vol. 2, No. 1 ental, and a medium shade of Oriental is used for theprojecting quoins at the corners and offsets. This differencein color is to give contrast. The bricks are laid up in darkred mortar; the joints are deeply recessed and ^4-inch inthickness. A white enameled brick was decided upon for theinterior face after a number of kinds of light colored pressedbrick had been considered. The great need for utilizing allthe reflected light possible in these small buildings and thedesirability of simplifying the maintenance, makes this brickthe most economical in spite of its rather high first cost. Theinterior brick is laid up with %-inch joints. The walls arefilled with common brick and Portland cement grout, andwire bonds tie them together. There are two types of roof used for the buildings. First,
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