. The street railway review . doctor for weeks after the tests were made. Rail-way property occupies the position of such a man. Essential factsin regard to it require to be known as they occur, not tomorrow, butforthwith. 334 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Voi XVI, No. 6. Electrical Engineering Laboratories and Elec-tric Railway Testing Plant at WorcesterPolytechnic Institute. The board of trustees of the Worcester Polytechnic Instituterecently awarded the contract for the erection of a new electricalengineering building, which upon completion will house very corn- standards laboratory, equipped with
. The street railway review . doctor for weeks after the tests were made. Rail-way property occupies the position of such a man. Essential factsin regard to it require to be known as they occur, not tomorrow, butforthwith. 334 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Voi XVI, No. 6. Electrical Engineering Laboratories and Elec-tric Railway Testing Plant at WorcesterPolytechnic Institute. The board of trustees of the Worcester Polytechnic Instituterecently awarded the contract for the erection of a new electricalengineering building, which upon completion will house very corn- standards laboratory, equipped with standard reference instrumentsand apparatus. die more exact work of calibration and standard-ization will be done here. At the extreme western end, under thelower portion of the lecture hall, is a large storage room. A por-tion of the basement may he used for a photometric laboratory. Under the western vestibule is a fireproof vault for the storageof records, lecture note- and manuscript records of experimental .1 i*-Vif, v5. NEW ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING OF THE WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. plete electrical engineering and electric railway engineering labora-tories. This building will cost about $125,000, and it is expected thatmost of the laboratories will be ready for use early in the nextcollege year. The laboratories have been planned by the members of the elec-trical engineering department of the institute, with Peabody &Stearns, Boston, as architects, and Prof. A W. French of the civilengineering department of the institute as consulting engineer andsuperintendent of construction. The accompanying engravings show the floor plans and an exteriorview, and give an idea of the general appearance of the will he constructed of selected red brick, with darker redbrick and brown stone trimmings and a roof of light green location chosen is at the northern end of the campus, facingupon Institute Park. The building comprises a central portion,whic
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