US922768A - Underground subway for street-railways, &c. - Google Patents

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G. W.v JACKSON. UNDERGROUND SUBWAY PoR STREET RAILWAY", am.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6, 1908` 6 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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Patented May 25, 1909.

G. W. JAGKSGN. UNDERGROUND SUBWAY FOR STREET RAILWAYS, am

APE'LIOATON FLED JULY 6, 19.08.

Patented May 25, 1909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909@ 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

G. W, JACKSON. UNDERGROUND SUBWAY SOR STREET RMLWAYS, 6m.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 6,1906,

Paeuted May 25, XQQQ.

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6 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

atented May 25, 1909.

gG. 'WZ'JAGKSON UNDERGROUND SUBWAY FOR STREET RAILWAYS, APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1908.

gm, @52423; i680 GEQRGE. W. JACKSON, OF CHCAGQlLLlNOIS.

UNDERGROUND 'SUBWAY FOR STREET-RAILWA', (WJ.

lSpecification of Lettere Patent. i

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Application sled July 6, 19.98. Serial No. @412,033.

. To all whom et may concern.'

g Be it known thctl, .Geenen W. JAcnsoN, s citizen of the United States, end e resident of Chicago, in the county of @ook and State of Illinois, lie-ve invented certain new .and useful Improvements in Underground Subways for streetnilwoys end the Like; and l do hereby declare that the following is e. full, clear, and exact description thereof, `refw ei'ence being had to the accom anying drawings, and to the numerals of re erence marked thereon, which form s pertof this specifi cation. A

This invention relctesto subways built under the streets ol cities for traction-purposes and thiiivention consists in the mst'- ters hereinafter set forth and more srticw' lnrly pointed out in the e pencled c sims.

Among the objectsof tlhe invention is to provide a subwaywhich is so constructed and arranged es to afford ecconomodstions below the' street grade vfor cer tracks oi" e trnction system and also to receive various city and corporation utility appliances, such as electric wires, sewers, pneumatic tubes and other pipes which ere ordinarily buried in the streets in e way'thet necessitates 4the excavation of thel streets to 4gein -sccess thereto. So for as is concerned this feeture ofthe invention, the object of theinvention is to provide within the subwsyepeces end' passages to receive end cer-ry such utility. spe plienees, so arranged that reedysnd' convenient access mcy 'celled thereto for' .the

purpose of repairing, renewinG smi-.supple-I .menting the appliances, sin which-else ei'l'ord convenientmeens for disposing' oeneh utilities over side entrsnceweys to fthe-subwsy orover or beneath intersecting pipes sind wires et the intersectionsoistreets.

' '()ther objects or'l the-inventionsre to pro-f vide improvements in the .subway structure itself, and torso arrange the cer tineke reis-V tively to the meens'o ap roech'to thetreins inthe subway es to 'e ord open epilees or Walks in the subway through which passengers may pass. troni-one trein to cnotlier 'et the, intersections of two lines of subways enrl which will permit passengers to walkthrough the subways to ineke connections et distsnt points or to pass coinortitbly Athrough the subway from one street to another in the event that the superjecent streetor streets ore congested foren reason. u

Other objects et t e invention will cesser from the following deeexiptien.

As siiown in the drowings;-`igure Ti is transverse section of e double trscl. sub/wey embodying my improvements, tekenen line l-1 of Fig. 4.-, illustrsting the ineens for so carrying the' city end corporation utility sppliences. Fig. 2 is e section, teken on line 2 2 ci Fig. Il, omitting certain of the public utility appliences illnstreted. in Fig. l, nsnel illustra-ting the manner ofcerrying the jginbe5 lic utility spplisnces ci en intersecting street across the subway. Fig. 3 is e. diagrammatic pien view illustrating the manner of' ning-- ing adj scent corners of :t plurality of subway v loops together, enel showing e ,convenient io manner' of arranging open crees or pletfonins between the tracks. so es to-provide-tor free passage troni one trein to another end.tcprom .vide walks or `passages between the tracks grem or lett of e street sind subjecent subways en intersecting. streets,.showinig @the manner of arranging between parallel tineke Ain the subway 's central welk extending rorn/ one intersecting street to another. Figis s. longitudinal section of the. subway hsving side entrence, showing one side well of" tire subway end the ineens for sunporting thereon city enel corporation utiiity appliances, es electric .wires enti the like, and the inenner of carrying the seme over the side entrance to the subway; Fig. 6 is s transverse section oixcsubwey 'built beneetlfi e street over which is leest/eden eleveted reilwsy. struc ture,- showing the `menner of? supporting :the v'eleyeted structure from the structure consti-- tnting part ci the subway.

Fig l is s. typicei crosseeetion ci' one torni ofdouble'tre'el subway insde .in eccordsnce with cry-invention, end this torni will .be first described, references being mede trom time to time to other'gnres of the dren/'ings y.to-more ull :enplein constructions not ti y :shown in tig. t end to explcinmoelicetions or vsristions.

` The subway shown in Fig. l is mede of e width to entend from side to sifleA of the street, occupying the totsl crosssectionel i eres-of the street from curb .to c irb. Viie wells of the tunnel issy be mette of sny suitable nissonry construction, concrete sind lire'eeinentitions materiel being preferred. The. snbvsy commises e iloor .or b 'ein .well iyvertieel side wells ii, ii. located sat 'the onse lines ofthe street, cnil c. top weil or troni i2 constitutes iounrlstion for i .the street psfseinsnt. The roof is supported from one street tcnnother. Fi Ll ii-i-cdiiem 5H g and the street pavement above.

`pressure water main 26,

from "he floor of the subwayv through the inedn; u of posts 14, .14 and said roof' e111-,

traces its consruction metal beams or firders t5, 15 which are .su )ported on the 1 pper ends oli the posts, an yihich in turn supports the material constituting the'rool l The posts 14, 14 are arranged in rows longitudinally of the subway to divide the subway into two parallel passages 20, 2O located near the. center ot' the subway and. two lateral aisles 21, 21, located adiacent to the side walls l1 of the sul' way The said passages or aisles 21I are provided to aceonnnodate the various city and corporation utility appliances which are usually buried inthe street. For instance, racks 24, 2-4 of. any suitable character may be supported on the side walls of Vthe subway to carry electric cables. l have also indicated the location and the manner ot supporting a storni water sewer 25, a high ste-ain and brine mains 27 28 and pneumatic tubes 29. The said .high pressure water niain and storni water sewers are shown as constituting parts of a combined high p lassure and sewer systeni illustrated in my copending ap ilication, Serial No. 442,034, ti on the Gt 'i day oi' July 1908, the high. sure water main being connected with storni sewer by a flush pipe 30, and is -coi'nieeted also with a rlower subsoil sewer 3l by a `flush pipe BZ'and which subsoil sewer receives sewage from adjacent buildings through a building service pipe 33. The storni water sewer receives drain water l'roni the streetthrough a drain water pipo 34.

ln addition to providing` the side or lateral passages 21' to receive some or all of the utility appliances mentioned, l have arv ranged to provide passages or spaces -inst beneath the main rooll 1.2 of the subway, which are designed to receive certain of' said utility appliances under varying local conditions wlnch may be encountered, as will hereinafter more' Yfully appear. A portion of said upper passages or spaces are located bew tween the main roof 12 and horizontal partitions or sub-roots 35, which are made solid to prevent the leakage of water through the main root to the ear passages or sections 20. Between said sunroof andthe main roof are longitudinal spaces or passages 36. The upper parts 37, 37 of the side passage 21 are divide( from the lower parts of said pas- -esages at the .level ot the sub-roots or partiti ins 35 by horizontal beams or girdcrs 40 which atliords support for a portion vot' the utility appliances carried inthe subway. lt will be evident that the spaces 36 and 37 do 'or may coinl'nunicate with each other en-f Therefore, said subway, or transversely across the line. oi' the subway at intersections where the pipes and wires of a transverse street cross the pipes. and wires ot the street beneath. which the subway is'built. This general Inode of 70 arrangingr the intersecting utility appliances is best indicated in Fig. 2, in which is shown intersecting high pressure 1nains26 laid, along the intersecting streets and, in which is also shown upper and lower cable carrying racks 45, 46, one set of' which is designed to carry the cables transversely across the. line ol" the subway and the other of which is designed to carry the cables which extend parallel with the line 'of the subway, and S0 which may or lmay not be diverted upwardly thereto from the lower level vof the lateral aisles or )assages 21. n

As shown in `ig. 5 ingress to and egress from the subway is had through a side en S5 trance 4S which is reached troni a side street entrance 49 by inea-ns ot stairways 50, 50,

Vsaid side 'entrance opening onto a platform 51 at the outside ol' the track, over which passengers alight from and board-trains on the tracks 52. When such side entrance is' provided it will be necessary or desirable to divert or carry such ofthe utility appliances as are inthe side aisles or passages 21 to the overhead passages 36 or 37 and over the en- 95 trainees/48 and side platforms 51. lnlsuch instances the upper side spaces or passages 37 will desirably'be separated from the side passages proper by sub-roofs o r partitions ke the sub-roofs 35 between the ear passages '1.00 and upper passages 36.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the subway is provided with a central ilatlorni 53 located between the car trac s 52 by which the passcngers'leave and. board the train. '105 Said f )latforni'is herein shown as reached by a flig t of stairs 54 leading from a street entrance 55 located at the centerof the street. The manner of entering the tunnel will, ol'

course, depend upon the local conditions prevailing which permit or require the use of a side or centralentrance. 1When the central entrance is used no necessity will ordinarily arise for diverting the wires or iies upwardly between streetintersections. .11.5 Ih' ere a central platform 53 is provided and the car tracks are located throughout the subway at the distance'apartl shown in crosssection in Figs. 1 and 2, such` ital plat-- forni 'inay continue throughout tl the subway either as a platform o' a modified construction of a walk, as shown, n Figs. 3 and Ael, whereby passengers niay alight from. the trains and walk through the. 'subway to another train or to a distant street intersec 12.5

tionv before climbing to the street grade and thus, in the'latter instance, avoid crowded or congested conditions of the Superia-cent streets. 'nother advantage pf the central platform or walk is illustrated in'Fig. 3, illusf 130 engthof 12u and easy transfer l subway, $5

f Weik freni @ne i Aside of en@ 1 ;A sein ii M ing to uwe eine iiiustr Wiis Way 'to dist; Whieh s im' street streeft. vified ,ifhii the eentdn e the ier/p it enter the si street, end. in. i" f center oi treiiyioes'teci ing Linders/tee for entrance arrangement isrge crew i and een obserxf'ee, i the seme ,f exist in eases ei 'eops in side elf" e ieee, si ci the hienches o: the edjeeent of in the ier of two di; suhweys to t Lee eontiziuousy past the Will be @hisL rangements nier-f he n bers of differs@V edjaeent te eeeh. es

and that in ai?. suer. form 541s free and es,

shown i. carried in into the 'up l inimedieteiybeneath the roofefihe subway to i carry the seme over intersecting traeksfof the i ieeps and aise over the entrance ways at 'the sides er? the subway which are indieatedtin said igure. ,it wii thus be manifest that the arrangement" of the overhead passages shown merid-es :ineens Yfor carrying the city and corporei-ion utility appliances in the subway in such nner that such appliances are always free for aeress -to repair, replace and suppleinent sume, eind that the provision of the upper passages immediately beneath the reni the subway provides means whereby the ntiiitynppiienees may be readily fied over euch other at intersecting points eveithe railway tracks end side en i onces to the subw'ay.

ie snbmy is provided eei'ireiy thereof et proper dreining ieveis inthe Hoor. 1i-'Jeter is puinpefi from sind tenkls or y ineens oi eieetrlcai, or other suitojneeteii pumps 67, io'eeted, as herein here the slib-roel". of the subway and "ed hy pipes S8 with seid snxnps, and ging et their other sides through el@ inte the storni water sewer l25, the :veter drained intofssid catch t es onsumps is pumped into said stoifi 'writer sewer. u

in eonstmeting the subway, the founde* tiens of buildings eioaig'the street are protested by first driving rows of sheet piling 7 0 eeiseent te thecurb lines met the sides of 'the snhwey, after which the earth between "eiis constituted ,by the sheetgpiling isv eiieevste end the weils of the subway com strnetei The said sheet pieiing Walls 70 miiyA remain to constitute :i mete-i sheet iining er einforeenien' ier the side Wells of the'sufm wey', which notfeiiy strengthens the weis ef hwey mit also' serves to prevent the hiiting of the earth at4 the sides thereof and he impairment foundations of 'sdjeiningf seiifiings. y The side We-iis oithe subway sie x ed at peints Where service pipes or wiresv he ied estoi the suhwsy to adjecent i io he suowey A i 5f s the censtruetien ei' e 30 vso .tails except as hereinafter made the subject passages for thedouble tracks .i

f erally at one side thereof with a lateral pas- `'passages to receive car tracks, and a central tersecting street to another.

arranged in rows to divide the subway into seance subway beneath a street over which is lol cated an velevated railway and provides a practical and strong JfoundationL for the elel vated structure. ln this instance the trains are approached from platforms 78 78 at the sides of the car tracks, access to which is had through the medium of stairways 79, 79 leading to street, and entrances 8G, S0 located on the sidewalk 59. ln other respects, the construction of the subway is essentially the saine as that heretofore described.

It will be obvious that the details' of con.- struction herein shown may `be modified within the spirit of my invention to adapt the subway to various local conditions, and l do not limit the invention to such structural deof specific claims. For instance, the lateral aisles or passages 2i may be divided from the track passages or sections of the subway by walls and the upper sections 37 of said lateral aisles may be separated from the lower arts thereof by partitions like the horizonta partitions .or sub-roofs Moreover, a single track subway may be constructed with a lateralfpassage lor aisle and the spaces beneath the roof to receive the utility appliances, and said lateralpass'ages or aisles maybe otherwise located relative to tlile track'sections or I claim as my invention- 1. A subway for traction uses comprising a bottom and side walls and a roof, and provided with a passage for car tracks and latsage having means for supporting utility a pliances, a passage immediatelyb'eneath t e roof ofv the subway arranged to receive util ity appliances extending either longitudinally or transversely ofthe subway.

-2. A subway built beneath a street for traction urposes comprising ,a floor, -side walls an( a roof, posts# supporting the root from the floor arranged in rows vto diiide the subway into passageways for ear trapks and lateral spaces haying lmeans for supporting thereinr publie utilityv appliances', lsaid car tracks being se arated at the longitudinal center of the subway by a central platform, and a stairway leading 'from the vcenter of the street to said central platform. i i

3. A subway built beneath a street, the central portion of which is divided into two,

space. or walk between said car tracks extending between streets which intersect the' street beneath which the subway is built to provide a passage in the subway from one in- 4.- .A subway lfor tiaction purposes coniprising a iloor,.side walls and a roof, and posts supporting the rootn from the floor and centrally located tracks, and two passages to receive car ateral passages having means for sup orting therein public utility appliances, ant a horizontal or sub-rcofbetween said car track assages and the main rooi, and said aisles eing provided in line with said horizontal partition with horizontal supports, the whole dividing the upper part ol' the subway into a space through which is adapted to extend public utility a pliances of streets which intersect the su way, and into which are ada ted to be carried or deflected certain ott ie public/utili ties carried in the .lateral passages or aisles.

5. A subway for traction purposes cornprising a tlor, side walls and a roof, posts supporting the roei from the floor and arranged in rows to divide the subway into a cai' space and a lateral passage or aisle provided with means for supporting therein public utility appliances, a storm water sewer arranged in said aisle, a catch basin located in the floor of the subway into which water from the subway iioor is drained, and a pump 'lor pumping said water 'from said catch basin into the storm water sewer.

6. A subway l'or traction purposes built beneath a street comprising a floor, concrete side walls reinforced )by lmetal sheet piling, and a roof supportedl from the '.(ioor by posts,

` saidposts being arranged ,to provide within the subway passages to receive car tracks and lateral passages or aislesl in which to locate public utility appliances.

7. A subway built beneath a street comprising a licor, side walls and a roof, the lat ter supporting the foundation of the street pavement, posts supporting the roof'froin said tloor, said posts being arranged in rows y to divide the subway into parallel passages -to receive cartracks and a lateral passage or aisle, a storm water sewer supported in said lateral passage or aisle, a high pressure main supported also in said aisle, a subsoil sewer located beneath the iloor of the subway, and flushing pipes connecting said high pressure watermain with said storm water sewer and subsoil sewer for flushing the latter.

8. In a subway construction, two intersecting subways divided into centra-H37 lo 'cated passages to receive car tracks and lat-4 eral passages or aisles to receive public utility appliances, walks located centrally between the tracks o' each subway and coinmunicating with a central areaway or space at the intersection of the two subways..

9. ln subway. constructions, two' intersecting subways built beneath intersecting streets, parallel car tracks arranged ineaclisubway, the tracks oi each subway extending from one subway laterally into an intersect ing subway but not crossing another car track, said car tracks being separated by a central walk or space which extends from one intersecting street to another and .conimunicating at the intersection o the subways with a central areaway or space.

' side Walls and 'a ro'of, the latter Qf which is y 10.l The'combinationwith a subway' built i' In testimony that; claim the foregoing as .beneatha's'tr'e and Vannverheaaul elevated "my lizwenzion l ax my signzture in the aI0 s'tucAtuer said-subway omprising a, Hoor, l resence of two wimsse'gthis 21st dayl of v v 1|IayA.D.1908. v .s-suppoted-from the'aor by posts, 'and the .l V v GERGE W-JACKSON.

'elevatgdstmcure-begfprqyldedjwth posts Witnesses: l or columns which liest 0n and are supported i` M. vW; CLUXTON, :byfthe:ppss.of-th-isubwayi- J l J. C Moom

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