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This car shop is built for speed
Union Dome tank car repair and maintenance shop at Baton Rouge, La, is 120 ft high and 384 ft in diam; building has no interior supports or posts; structure itself consists of hexagonal 1/8 in. steel panels welded together, which are supported by tension rods from outer truss of 4 in. pipe; walls rise and curve upward until they join to complete dome above shop floor; shop accommodates 36 tank cars. (see also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 132 n 11 Nov 1958 p 25-7)
This car shop is built for speed
Union Dome tank car repair and maintenance shop at Baton Rouge, La, is 120 ft high and 384 ft in diam; building has no interior supports or posts; structure itself consists of hexagonal 1/8 in. steel panels welded together, which are supported by tension rods from outer truss of 4 in. pipe; walls rise and curve upward until they join to complete dome above shop floor; shop accommodates 36 tank cars. (see also Ry Locomotives and Cars v 132 n 11 Nov 1958 p 25-7)
This car shop is built for speed
Ry Age
Railway Age ; 145
1958
Article (Journal)
English
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