SECTION TOOL-HOUSES.

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building is ceiled close. There are no windows at all. The door is located at the middle of the longside next to the track, and it is 6 ft. wide, in two sections, hung from above and sliding sideways.The floor is formed of boards on joists. The roof-covering is tin or slate, frequently laid, or painted,

Fig. 30. —-Side Elevation “A”.

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Fig. 28. —Ground plan “A” and “ B”. Fig. 29. — Front Elevation “A”.

F ront Elevation “ B’

Fig. 31

■Side Elevation

Fig. 32.

according to an ornamental design, and finished off with galvanized-iron cornices, ridge-rolls, andfinials.

Section Tool-house, Northern Pacific Railroad .—The standard section tool-house of the Northern Pacific Railroad , shown in Figs. 33 to 35, is a frame structure, 10 ft. X 14 ft., with a double-pitched gable roof, sheathed on the outside with horizontal weather-boarding, and roofed with

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Fig. 34.—Stdf. Elevation.

Fig. 33.—Front Elevation.

shingles. The large door for the hand-car is situated in the centre of the long side of the buildingfacing the track; it is 6 ft. wide, in two sections, hinged on the outside of the building. There isone window in the house opposite the entrance. The height from the top of sill to the bottomof plate is 8 ft.