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October, 1909 TAE Marine Review 393 -- ier EAST BOSTON ten BOSTON B ALBANY FR. --o Teo ---- SSE E GENERAL VIEW SHOWING. NEW PIERS. GRAINELE VATOR, DRYER AND POWER HOUSE ~ tS aS Sk Sa aor Niele seabed : : 721 o a Oey ~ GHIEF ENGINEER PO eal fete Coe athe dadidinethte ae Ms Rey ae house will be built on the Boston & Albany property at Porter street. A very important. factor of the new terminal is the new arrangement of tracks running to the new piers and the new elevator. 'They have ° been placed so that the switching in and out from the piers and the elevator may be accomplished with the greatest facility. Electric Motive Power. The elevator will be electrically pro- pelled and the grain conveyors operated by electric motors. The whole terminal will be lighted and heated from a new power house quite separate from the piers and located in the northwesterly portion of the terminal. One great feature of the new piers and buildings is the extent to which fire-proof and fire-resisting materials have been used. Floors, walls, ceilings and roofs are all protected. There are 3,800 water sprinklers throughout pier No. 3, and fire pumps and automatic fire alarms will be provided. Larger water mains from the city's pipes will be laid and a salt water fire services will be installed. In fact, the fire protection throughout is most modern and com- plete. As both the Cunard and Leyland lines bring passengers as well as freight to Boston, accommodations for first and second class passengers and immigrants are provided on the new piers. The rooms for this purpose will be in the second stories of the pier buildings. There will be quarters for the customs officers, health officers and rooms for baggage inspection and the physical ex- amination of immigrants. Elevators for passengers and baggage will run from the main to the second floors of the buildings and there will be ample room for carriages to drive in to take up or set down their fares. There will -also be wide driveways for teams and drays so that the teaming in and out of the yard can be carried on with the greatest facility. Immediately after the fire of July 8 last, the preparation of the site for the future structure was commenced, con- tracts being awarded immediately for clearing the debris on the land portion, consisting of the ruins of old brick walls, all stone foundation walls and old structural steel from the burned building. Over the water section, which was the greater part of the area, the old piles remained, being burned only at the tops, and a contract was made for the removal of these, a great por- tion being carried to a distant part of the harbor for storage pending recon- struction. As soon as the westerly portion of the site was sufficiently cleared, dredg- ing operations were commenced, it be- ing the desire of the railroad company to greatly increase the width of the dock on the westerly side. Dredged material had to be carried to outside the harbor: limits, as required by law, as there was no place at the terminal where it was possible to deposit it, the desire being, in all cases, to increase the dock capacity by additional dredg- ing rather than by filling in at any place, Clearing and dredging operations hav- ing been completed it was possible to begin on the foundation for the struc- ture, which, outlined in general, is 780 ft. long and 240 ft. wide, with a build- ing 10 ft. less in width than the wharf itself, this giving 220 ft. as the width of the pier building, allowing 10 ft. for platforms on each side; the length being less than the wharf itself to an amount equal to the width of the end platform, 8 ft., thus giving about 772 ft. for the extreme length of the build- ing. There are two tracks in the cen- ter of the pier.