Buildings and structures of American railroads. A reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, master mechanics, engineers, architects, and students (1893)
Berg, Walter Gilman, 1858-1908 · New York Wiley · leaf 138
charged bygravity into two large receiving-tanks buried in the ground under the main building. Thesestorage-tanks were built each of two old locomotive-tender tanks spliced and pieced out so as toform tanks of about 7500 gallons storage capacity. All petroleum stocks arrived in tank-cars; all… … \ = =—=—=4^ ■\ 3 IlG. 223.—Gkol:.\d rLA.N. building had a wooden floor. At the- other end of the building there were two mixing-tanks, set above the floor, so that the mixed oil could be drawn off into barrels placed under them. The charging of the mixing-tanks was accomplished by hoisting up…
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