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 186
of the lowering and raising of the apron. The cost ofdelivering 560 tons of coal to engines at these coal pockets, per month per each man employed there,is stated to be 7.85 cents per ton. Coal-chutes, Nac Orleans &> Northeastern Railroad.—The standard coal-chute of the New Orleans&… … InlVii11 I 11 II I «ilHyuiMIMI»*lUJ Fig. 278.—Cross-section. on to a platform and then shovelled as required into a series of pockets along one side of the plat-form. The high track is 25 ft. 6 in. above the coaling track in front of the pockets, and 7 ft. 4 in.above the floor of the platform. The…
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