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 229
of engines are when in the stall ;otherwise there is no ventilation in the roof. This house with 5 stalls cost in 1885, complete, $5200, or $1040 per stall. Mr. White states thathe subsequently built a lo-stall house, with not such difficult foundations as the house at Clinton,complete for $8900,… … Ground-plan. Nicholson, Chief Engineer, is a frame roundhouse with low flat roof covered with asphalt roofing-felt. The outside diameter of the house is 244 ft., the inner diameter is 114 ft. 8 in., so that thewidth of the house is 64 ft. 8 in. The angle of the stalls is 12 degrees, and the panel…
Building · Railroads
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