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 263
^«^ … 5 next to the string-piece track is built with a continuous system of sliding-doors, hung alternately ontwo different overhead rails, thus allowing any portion of the side of the house to be ojjened. The top of the floor in the track-pits is placed 4 ft. above mean high-water, while the floor in…
Building · Railroads
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