. American engineer and railroad journal . s, November, 1903, issue, page 396). The boiler shop is 275 ft. 9 ins. long and 100 ft. 9 ins. wide,outside, and 272 ft. x 97 ft. inside the walls. The building isdivided into two bays by a line of columns extending length-wise through the shop; the bay on the west side, which is usedfor the boiler machine tools and plate machinery, is 46 ft. 4ins. wide, and the erecting bay on the east side, which containsthe longitudinal entering track, is 50 ft. 8 ins. wide. The centercolumns, which are symmetrically located in relation to theside wall columns, are
. American engineer and railroad journal . s, November, 1903, issue, page 396). The boiler shop is 275 ft. 9 ins. long and 100 ft. 9 ins. wide,outside, and 272 ft. x 97 ft. inside the walls. The building isdivided into two bays by a line of columns extending length-wise through the shop; the bay on the west side, which is usedfor the boiler machine tools and plate machinery, is 46 ft. 4ins. wide, and the erecting bay on the east side, which containsthe longitudinal entering track, is 50 ft. 8 ins. wide. The centercolumns, which are symmetrically located in relation to theside wall columns, are placed 22 ft. 8 ins. between centers, andas shown in the longitudinal elevation view, each span betweencolumns carries one of the saw-tooth sections of the roof. Thelongitudinal track through the building is located close to thecenter row of columns, the nearest rail clearing them by 6 ft. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE BOILER AND TANK SHOP, IN BOILER MACHINE 5 inS. bat. (looking north.) The general plan of the steel work in this building does not. 24 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. differ greatly from that of the main shop buildings. Theweight of the roof and of the. cranes, is here also provided forsolely in the columns, and construction was simplified hymaking all columns similar, in detail, as far as bracing is provided for in this structure in thetwo end spans between center columns, and alternately there-after in groups of two spans each, as indicated in the longi-tudinal section. An excellent idea of the character of the steelwork is to be had from the interior view of the boiler shop, andalso the construction views which were furnished by thecourtesy of the engineering department. The floor in this building is made up of 1%-in. yellow pineplank, dressed and matched, laid on 4 x 4-in. sleepers, whichare bedded in sand on earth filling. In this building, how-ever, the electrical distribution system is carried overheadalong the side wall, reference to
Size: 2145px × 1165px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectrailroadengineering
