. American engineer and railroad journal . de, with an extension to floor very evenly distributed and of unusual intensity. In fact theshop seems to be provided with as good natural lighting ascould possibly be desired. The accompanying drawings showthe design and arrangement of the structure sufficiently well tomnke extended comment unnecessary. Attention might, how-ever, be drawn to the floor construction, which is used through-out the whole building except in the forging section. This consists of 3 in. pine planking laid on a foundation of broken stone6 in. thick, covered with i in. of tarr
. American engineer and railroad journal . de, with an extension to floor very evenly distributed and of unusual intensity. In fact theshop seems to be provided with as good natural lighting ascould possibly be desired. The accompanying drawings showthe design and arrangement of the structure sufficiently well tomnke extended comment unnecessary. Attention might, how-ever, be drawn to the floor construction, which is used through-out the whole building except in the forging section. This consists of 3 in. pine planking laid on a foundation of broken stone6 in. thick, covered with i in. of tarred sand. Over this is laidat right angles a wearing surface of the best 1% in. matchedmaple flooring in 4 in. strips. The floor support near the erectingpits consists of ties 2 ft. 6 in. long and 9 in. thick bolted to thetop of the concrete pits. The rails are secured to the same ties,which are laid close together. It will be noticed that pits have been provided on every secondtrack in the transfer shop. These are. of course, for conveni-. CENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF BREWSTER SHOPS—WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD. the north of 89 ft. for a distance of 201 ft. from the west extension includes the tender and woodworking shops. Themain building is divided into four bays longitudinally, the firstbay, 65 ft. in width, for a distance of about 400 ft. from the eastend forms the erecting shop. The second bay, for the same dis-tance, is a transfer shop; the third, the heavy machine bay, andthe fourth, the light machine bay. At the west end of tlie build-ing on the gallery are the brass foundry and manufacturingtool room. Below this, and extending over the two bays, is theblacksmith shop. The boiler shop covers the space in the nexttwo bays at this end, and the flue rattler is in a small additionoutside the end wall, the tubes, however, being placed in it fromthe inside of the building, as will be explained later. In thetender shop there is a 55 ft. bay for general tank and truckwo
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