. American engineer and railroad journal . CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. (For previous article see page 114.) The erecting, machine and boiler departments are providedfor in a building 1,167 ft. long by 1G2 ft. S ins. wide, a cross-section and plan of which are shown in the accompanying en-graving, to which are added several interior views. The erect-ing shop is a bay SO ft. wide; the machine shop is a bay55 ft. wide, and at one side the full length of the shop is a. -■ii gallery, with corresj ling , le main floor. The following table presents figures: Floor area, locomolivo ahop 190,384
. American engineer and railroad journal . CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. (For previous article see page 114.) The erecting, machine and boiler departments are providedfor in a building 1,167 ft. long by 1G2 ft. S ins. wide, a cross-section and plan of which are shown in the accompanying en-graving, to which are added several interior views. The erect-ing shop is a bay SO ft. wide; the machine shop is a bay55 ft. wide, and at one side the full length of the shop is a. -■ii gallery, with corresj ling , le main floor. The following table presents figures: Floor area, locomolivo ahop 190,384 sq. ft. i 770 ft. 80 ft. 61,600 sq. ft. longitudinal pita r pit I i 770 ft. Mai bine bop, width 80 ft. Macblni illery 62,675 aq. ft. Total number ol machine! 246 Total Boot area per machine 265 aq, ft. r lilt 1,738 «q. ft. Boiler ihop, length 80 ft. 81 600 i n ..... hop IM B7 I i I,. plan i tii Loc Hvi shop la Bhi 162 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. tions. In the lower portion of the engraving are the threelongitudinal tracks extending through the shop, which arelocated at 25-ft. centers, which is an unusual distance betweentracks. This necessitates an erecting shop bay with a cranespan of 76 ft. 3 ins. Between the pit tracks are two standardgauge supply tracks. In the plan the lower, or southern,track has a pit 762 ft. long. The center track has a pit 894ft. long, and the upper track a short pit 454 ft. long, makinga total pit length of 2,
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