. American engineer and railroad journal . ail in a later issue. One of the large 120-ton cranes, with its test load of 150tons of steel rails, is shown in the large interior view ofcne of the erecting-shop bays. Each erecting-shop bay hasone of these 120-ton Niles cranes with two 60-ton trolleys andan auxiliary 6,000-lb. hoist. These are the most powerfulcranes ever put into railroad shops. On lower rails each ofthese shops has a 35-ton crane, and the boiler shop has oneof this size also. The west side, therefore, has three 10-ton cranes serve the machine shop over its entirelength
. American engineer and railroad journal . ail in a later issue. One of the large 120-ton cranes, with its test load of 150tons of steel rails, is shown in the large interior view ofcne of the erecting-shop bays. Each erecting-shop bay hasone of these 120-ton Niles cranes with two 60-ton trolleys andan auxiliary 6,000-lb. hoist. These are the most powerfulcranes ever put into railroad shops. On lower rails each ofthese shops has a 35-ton crane, and the boiler shop has oneof this size also. The west side, therefore, has three 10-ton cranes serve the machine shop over its entirelength. By placing the heating fans outside of the building inseven lean-to fan-houses, locating the fan-ducts undergroundand locating the wash-room and accessories also in lean-tos,renders every squai j foot of floor area of this enormousbuilding available for locomotives or machinery. At thenorthwest corner of the building is the cleaning pit in abuilding by itself, which is reached by the through track AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD januaby. 1903. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 11
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