. American engineer and railroad journal . g w o 03 a C3 S S c CO k ~---,iafitt ■ —. -■2l9i-M decembkb, 1903. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 455 with 18 in. walls and brickwork pilasters between the windows,onclosing the frame columns of the building. The brickworkof the building is tied to the steel, but is otbcrwisc entirelyindependent. The foundations are of concrete throughout. The building is of great length, .533 ft. long, and is dividedinto three bays by the longitudinal rows of columns, as shownin the plan view. The erecting shop, which occupies the bayat the south side of the


. American engineer and railroad journal . g w o 03 a C3 S S c CO k ~---,iafitt ■ —. -■2l9i-M decembkb, 1903. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 455 with 18 in. walls and brickwork pilasters between the windows,onclosing the frame columns of the building. The brickworkof the building is tied to the steel, but is otbcrwisc entirelyindependent. The foundations are of concrete throughout. The building is of great length, .533 ft. long, and is dividedinto three bays by the longitudinal rows of columns, as shownin the plan view. The erecting shop, which occupies the bayat the south side of the building, is 68 ft. 9 in. wide; the ma-chine shop occupies the two other bays on the north side, one49 ft. 5 in., aud otlier 49 ft. 11. in. The steel columns are sym-metrically placed throughout the building, the spacing beingin all cases 22 ft. between centers, except at the extreme eastand west ends of the building, where it is 22 ft. 9 in. The dis-tances between erecting shop pit centers is 22 ft. in each steel work for this building was designed by Mr. AlbertLuciu


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