. Electric railway journal . Luzerne Carhouse—Stiff-leg Derrick in Use to Install Unit Reinforced Concrete Girders, Columns and Slabs After They Had Been Formed on the Ground 1140 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 26. crete and 1 in. of surfacing cement concrete. The remain-ing construction material consists of brick walls with gran-ite base courses and terra cotta trim, four-ply felt and slagroof covering and bay partitions of 6-in. hollow tile. In-side communication from bay to bay is afforded by meansof Underwriters type sliding doors. The tracks in the flush sections of the carhouse
. Electric railway journal . Luzerne Carhouse—Stiff-leg Derrick in Use to Install Unit Reinforced Concrete Girders, Columns and Slabs After They Had Been Formed on the Ground 1140 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 26. crete and 1 in. of surfacing cement concrete. The remain-ing construction material consists of brick walls with gran-ite base courses and terra cotta trim, four-ply felt and slagroof covering and bay partitions of 6-in. hollow tile. In-side communication from bay to bay is afforded by meansof Underwriters type sliding doors. The tracks in the flush sections of the carhouse aremounted on chairs as shown, but the pit rails in the pit sec-tion are bolted through plates to 17-in. x 13-in. concretestringers which were designed for loads of 4700 lb. perwheel. These stringers in turn are carried on concrete. Luzerne Carhouse—Typical Arch and Bay piers placed 9 ft. 3 in. centers. The pits are 3 ft. deep inthe clear. The outer side of each pit rail is concreted flushwith the head, while on the inner side the concrete slopesdown to a point just below the head to prevent the accumu-lation of rubbish on the rail. In the shop bay the innerside of the rail was not grouted in order to permit planksto be placed between the rails. LIGHTING, VENTILATION, WASHING, SHOPS, FIRE PROTEC-TION, ETC. Each bay is well lighted by a centrally placed wired-glass unit skylight 7 ft. 6 in. wide and extending the entire
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