. Electric railway review . for foundations, brick for the jj^r Shop Practice at Memphis—Wheel with Form for Winding Coils.Also Wire-Cleaning Press. Shop Practice at Memphis—Method of Storing Field Coils andArmatures. in floor area. This structure, erected several years ago, has,as a result of the rapid growth of the system, become toosmall to accommodate the large amount of rolling stock whichhas since been acquired. In view of this condition it has beenfound necessary to make the changes and additions as de-scribed herewith. New Car Storage House.The new car storage house now under construct
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. Electric railway review . for foundations, brick for the jj^r Shop Practice at Memphis—Wheel with Form for Winding Coils.Also Wire-Cleaning Press. Shop Practice at Memphis—Method of Storing Field Coils andArmatures. in floor area. This structure, erected several years ago, has, as a result of the rapid growth of the system, become toosmall to accommodate the large amount of rolling stock whichhas since been acquired. In view of this condition it has beenfound necessary to make the changes and additions as de-scribed herewith. New Car Storage House.The new car storage house now under construction is superstructure, steel trusses and tile roofing. The foundationshave been sunk deep enough to allow pits to be excavated un-der the tracks, should it be necessary to do so. The building is divided into three equal-sized bays, by twobrick partitions. The roof of each bay is independent of theadjoining roofs. In the east wall at a height sufficient to allowthe free pasasge of cars under it a box girder has been in-. Shop Practice at Memphis—Pendulum Pile-Driver. located immediately south of. and across the street from, thepresent building. The ground on which this building stands isabout 11 feet above the streets to the south and west. Thisnecessitated the building of a retaining wall along the two Shop Practice at Memphis—View in Pit Showing Car Body andPit Hoists in Use. serted in the brick wall so that if necessary entrance curvescan be put in at this end. A general ground plan shows the relative location of the Jauuary 26. 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 107 shop and storage buildings. With the completion of the newbuildings the tracks nearby will be relaid so as to providedouble-end entrances to the shops. This work presents au in-teresting arrangemect of curves and special track work. Thetracks now occupying Spring street, just south of the shops.are to be taken up and thrown back of the south property lineof the street and a third track is to be laid from which