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 164
penings are left in the foundation-wall, several feet below the surface,to admit the necessary iji])es to the pipe-chamber in which the pi[)es ascend to the tank. This pijje-chamber is protected in llie usual way by a frost-])roof box. The floor of the tank is set about 14 ft. 9 in. above the top… … Fig. 26^.—Ei.F.vATniN ami Ck ss-sit Mr. Wm. !■. Iascoe, Superintendent of 15ridges, Lehigh 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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