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Identifier: annualreportofbo21896bost (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Boston Transit Commission, for the year ending ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission
Subjects: Boston (Mass.). Transit Commission Local transit
Publisher: Boston : Rockwell and Churchill
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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he roof is made of steel beamsabout three feet apart, running crosswise of the station,tilled in between with brick arches and concrete masonry.It is supported by steel posts and longitudinal I-beams andgirders. The combination of masonry, beams, and posts issimilar to that used in contract Section 1 of the subway. The concrete which forms most of the roof has a greaterthickness in the middle than on the sides — thus formingslopes to prevent water from standing. The whole of theroof and side-walls are coated with asphalt mastic, from ^ toI of an inch thick. The roof of the station proper and oneof its side-walls have in addition, underneath the asphalt, a;-inch coating of Portland cement plaster. All that portion ofthe sub-subway which is less than 10 feet above mean low tidehas two distinct asphalt coatings, with a hollow wall made ofribbed tile between them. This is to enable any groundwater which may find its way through the outer coating to CO Wo o CDO CO HO z oo CO HW r X oo CO
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  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Boston__Mass____Transit_Commission
  • booksubject:Boston__Mass____Transit_Commission
  • booksubject:Local_transit
  • bookpublisher:Boston___Rockwell_and_Churchill
  • bookcontributor:Boston_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:Boston_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:82
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