. The Street railway journal . SECTION THROUGH WASH HOUSE. END ELEVATION OF REPAIR SHOP. PLAN AND SECTIONS OF THE REPAIR SHOP BUILDING 32 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. i. Company, Rockford, 111. These tools provide for a large rangeof machining work, and will cover all requirements of a shop ofthis scope. The above equipment is supplemented by an emerywheel stand with two 12-in. emery wheels, for general grindingwork in the shop; this emery stand was supplied by the Dia-mond Machine Company, Providence, R. I. The usual andnecessary blacksmith equipment consists of a No. 005 forge,. EX
. The Street railway journal . SECTION THROUGH WASH HOUSE. END ELEVATION OF REPAIR SHOP. PLAN AND SECTIONS OF THE REPAIR SHOP BUILDING 32 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. i. Company, Rockford, 111. These tools provide for a large rangeof machining work, and will cover all requirements of a shop ofthis scope. The above equipment is supplemented by an emerywheel stand with two 12-in. emery wheels, for general grindingwork in the shop; this emery stand was supplied by the Dia-mond Machine Company, Providence, R. I. The usual andnecessary blacksmith equipment consists of a No. 005 forge,. EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE SHOP BUILDINGS, SHOWING DEPRESSED TRACK LEADINGTO FLOOR-LEVEL TRACK IN THE SHOP built by the Buffalo Forge Company, Buffalo, N. V., which isoperated by an individual blower, belt-driven from the lineshaft. The locations of the tools above mentioned are clearly shownin the plan of the shop. They are conveniently distributed forconvenience of access to the work, and also for daylight light-ing, the majority of them being in close proximity to delivering work from thetools, an overhead track is providedfor a traveling air hoist, which isthus easily moved to any part of theshop. The overhead track consistsof a 6-in. I-beam, suspended uponhangers to about 4 ft. beneath theroof beams, and is arranged to coverall important parts of the shop, asshown in the floor plan drawing, therunway being shown in dotted lines;from over the north elevated track itswings around and divides into threebranches, one covering the lathes andshaper, the middle one leading
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