. Electric railway journal . TRUCK l,IJ<Ti:i) OUT OP VAT AND PLACED ON BASINREADY FOR OFF THE LYE. LYE VAT IN KANSAS CITY RAILV\AY SHOPS SHOWING AIRHOIST, AND GUARD RAIL SECTIONS IN PLACE keeping the solution in the vat between 150 and 200 , which has been found hot enough. At times steamwill be given off at the surface, but not in sufficientquantity to bother the workmen in the immediate vicin-ity or to make it necessary to install a ventilator in theroof over the vat. The tank holds 45,000 lb. of water, and about 450 flake caustic gives a 10 per cent solution, which h
. Electric railway journal . TRUCK l,IJ<Ti:i) OUT OP VAT AND PLACED ON BASINREADY FOR OFF THE LYE. LYE VAT IN KANSAS CITY RAILV\AY SHOPS SHOWING AIRHOIST, AND GUARD RAIL SECTIONS IN PLACE keeping the solution in the vat between 150 and 200 , which has been found hot enough. At times steamwill be given off at the surface, but not in sufficientquantity to bother the workmen in the immediate vicin-ity or to make it necessary to install a ventilator in theroof over the vat. The tank holds 45,000 lb. of water, and about 450 flake caustic gives a 10 per cent solution, which hasbeen found strong enough to clean the average truckin from one to one and one-half hours. In our particularcase, this was found to be fast enough, but of course astronger solution would work faster if this werenecessary. Flake caustic is used in preference to the powderedform because there is no objectionable dust when charg-ing the tank and the cost is about the same. It was of course necessary to guard against personsfalling into the lye, and as a fixed rail would be moreor less in the way of the opei
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