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used for motive power; materials and supplies and structures such as barns, 

 machinery and tool sheds, shops and storage houses. 



Service Areas. 



Some park departments have adopted a policy of having a central 

 service area comprising storage yards, sites for structures designed for dif- 

 ferent purposes, driveways and general purpose spaces. On page 654 is an 

 example of such a service area developed within recent years by the park 

 department of Savannah, Georgia. 



In Racine, Wisconsin, the park department has set aside a centrally 

 located area comprising about three acres as the headquarters for main- 

 tenance activities. The single structure on this area is a combined barn, 

 storehouse and workshop. 



This service park comprises 18.064 acres. Eight acres are landscaped 

 and the remainder devoted to shops, barns, storehouse, yards, greenhouses, 

 floral display garden and certain active recreation features. 



Many park departments have adopted the plan of locating the main- 

 tenance headquarters, including sometimes also the operating headquarters, 

 in some one of the large parks of their respective systems, and many 

 have subsidiary stations in other parks in addition. The disadvantage of 



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PLATE No. 244. BARN AND REPAIR SHOP, PARK DEPARTMENT, RACINE, WISCONSIN 



