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 232
deep. The design of the engine-pits, more especially the cast-iron chair for holding the railson the side walls, has been previously described and illustrated in Figs. 153 and 154 in the chai)ter onAshpits. Ihe pits are built of brick, with 14-in. side walls, the rails being bolted to cast-iron… … Fig. 338.—Cross-section. around the outside of the building. The highest point of the roof is at the inner wall. Ventilation iseffected by means of a smoke-stack in each stall hung in the roof over the pit, the stack having amovable lower bell-shaped jiiece to fit over the smoke-stack of engines.…
Building · Railroads
Internet Archive · Gerstein Library, University of Toronto · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
