Ken-
Very true. The designers had to figure, over the life of a house, that each
stall end wall would be used as a door at least once in the life of the
building.
Charlie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KEN MARTIN [mailto:kmartin@c...]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:22 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Round Houses
>
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> Charlie Vlk wrote:
> >
> > MOST roundhouses have segmented back walls. Not to say
> there were not
> > exceptions, but at least later (1880-????) examples with
> larger industrial
> > style back windows had segmented flat walls. Why? Lintels
> to span the
> > window opening were standard steel structural shapes which
> are straight.
> > Earlier houses could have curved masonry walls because a
> masonry arch over a
> > narrow window can be curved with the back radius of the house.
> > Charlie Vlk
>
>
> The back walls of roundhouses are built with flat walls usually with
> windows between columns or posts. these walls are not integrated into
> the column as a normal wall would be, so that if an engine gets away
> while bringing it in it will knock the wall out and not bring the
> roundhouse roof down. It has happened, I have seen a picture of an SP
> engine sticking out the back of the San Jose,CA roundhouse.
>
> Ken Martin
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