. Electric railway journal . tment of main-tenance of way,since appointedCommissioner ofPublic Works, Cityof Boston. With theslight changes nec-essary the car hasbeen arranged tocarry sixteen reclin-ing patients on thestandard medicaldepartmentstretchers. Aboutthirty patients canbe carried in a sit-ting posture. The litters are so arranged that there will be eightupper and eight lower berths, the handles being heldfirmly in place by sockets and straps. The upper littersare supported as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 between 14-in. x J-in. leather straps and hook blocks attached to theposts. A deta
. Electric railway journal . tment of main-tenance of way,since appointedCommissioner ofPublic Works, Cityof Boston. With theslight changes nec-essary the car hasbeen arranged tocarry sixteen reclin-ing patients on thestandard medicaldepartmentstretchers. Aboutthirty patients canbe carried in a sit-ting posture. The litters are so arranged that there will be eightupper and eight lower berths, the handles being heldfirmly in place by sockets and straps. The upper littersare supported as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 between 14-in. x J-in. leather straps and hook blocks attached to theposts. A detailed drawing of the special block used tocarry the hooks is shown in Fig. 3. The straps are hungfrom 1-in. x 3-in. sills carried through the car on eachside as indicated in Fig. 4, which is a cross-section ofthe car with two tiers of litters in place. The hooks areof 1-in. x ^-in. steel strap, screwed to the blocks asshown, a single-hook type of block being used at thefour end posts of the car. The litter handles seat in the. FIG. 4—CROSS-SECTION OF AM-BULANCE CAR, BOSTON ELE-VATED RAILWAY 3 ,fl3 + .-*l F V> ?l ■ <S?-iv-fef Jocate to suit- CorSeat ■ah . .i.
Size: 1285px × 1945px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
