Railroad structures and estimates (1918) (14572980609)

Identifier: railroadstructur00orro (find matches)
Title: Railroad structures and estimates
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Orrock, John Wilson, 1870-
Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York, Wiley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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yi oo c: oO BLACKSMITH SHOP. 565 Blacksmith Shop. — Masonry foundations, brick walls withpressed brick facing, door and window sills stone, steel posts,trusses, and purlins, wood rafters covered with 3-in. plank andtar and gravel roof. Skyhghts over the center running the full length of shop.Floor, 12 in. cinders. Lavatory and office accommodation in-side shop, ground floor. The building is L-shaped, with extreme dimensions 434 X 300,one wing being 146 ft. and the other 130 ft. wide. The building is opposite the gray iron foundry and car machineshop, with the long side facing the midway. In the interior ofthe building the wings have hip roofs, and each divides intothree equal aisles by row of columns supporting the roof trusses.The center aisle has a clerestory equal to the width of the trusses.The building covers an area of 83,600 sq. ft., and is equippedwith tools and furnaces for working iron. The furnaces all useoil fuel, so that there is little smoke, and the ventilation isobta