. The street railway review . he terminus of the tracks ownedby the Lorain & Cleveland, its cars running into Cleveland overthe city tracks. The car house is of brick and steel construction,108 X 340 ft., and is divided into three sections by fire walls. Theroofs are carried on steel trusses. Each section has a skylight,made of metal bars and wire glass, which extends the entire lengthof the building, and in addition the exterior walls have windows. The repair shop and waiting room occupy a building which isparallel with the car house, but far enough away to permit of atrack to run between. Th
. The street railway review . he terminus of the tracks ownedby the Lorain & Cleveland, its cars running into Cleveland overthe city tracks. The car house is of brick and steel construction,108 X 340 ft., and is divided into three sections by fire walls. Theroofs are carried on steel trusses. Each section has a skylight,made of metal bars and wire glass, which extends the entire lengthof the building, and in addition the exterior walls have windows. The repair shop and waiting room occupy a building which isparallel with the car house, but far enough away to permit of atrack to run between. This building is of similar construction, andis 37 X 197 ft. The general arrangement of buildings and tracks is apparent fromFig. I. Fig. 2 shows sections and an elevation of the car house,and Fig. 3 a cross-section of the shop. The entrance doors to the car house are a combination of slidingand folding doors, so that when opened they leave the entire widthof the building clear, a space of about 34 ft., thus doing away with. EXTERIOR OF CAR HOUSE AND SUOP. door posts between the tracks. The trolley wires are placed innotches cut in a plank across the doorway, as may be seen from thehalf-tone engraving, so that they do not interfere with openingand closing the doors. In the pit construction in both the car house and machine shopthe tracks are supported on steel posts, giving lightness and free- iejf/c Perti 5TaTion
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