Buildings and structures of American railroads. A reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, master mechanics, engineers, architects, and students (1893)
Berg, Walter G. (Walter Gilman), 1858-1908 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons · leaf 166
ft. openings are left in the foundation-wall, several feet below the surface,to admit the necessary pipes to the pipe-chamber in which the pipes ascend to the tank. 1 his pipe-chand.er is protected in the usual way by a frost-proof box. The floor of the tank is set about 14 ft.9 in. above the top… … FlC. 2i5. — F.I.F.VATION AMI Cr<iSS-SKCTION. Mr. Wm. F. Pascoe, Superintendent of Bridges, Fehigh Valley Railroad, with a capacity of 75,154gallons, is noteworthy on account of its size and the permanent character of its substructure, namely,wrought-iron beams on cast-iron columns and stone…
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