DESCRIPTION 



OF 



PRIVATE STABLE OF FAIRMAN ROGERS, Esq. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



See Prontispiece. 



This stable is 50 feet by 32 feet 3 inches, and 15 feet 

 high to the under side of the cornice. Under the part 

 where the horses stand there is a cellar 20 X 20, divided 

 into two parts, one for manure, the other for the small 

 greenhouse boiler which heats the harness-room and coach- 

 house, and supplies hot water for the stable. The ceiling 

 of these cellars is of iron beams, with brick arches laid in 

 hydraulic cement, forming a firm floor for the stable. 



The manure cellar does not open into the stable, but by 

 an outside door into the alley in the rear. The other cel- 

 lar is entered from the bottom of the hay-drop. 



The coach-house C H is 30 X 22 with an asphalte 

 floor, afi'ording room for four carriages to stand, besides 

 space to drive in. The floor slopes to a drain over which 

 carriages are washed. 



The harness-room HRisl6X'?'^, and contains glass 



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