. American engineer and railroad journal . FIG. 2—TRAVELING TROLLEY SUNNING OFF THE TRANSFER BRIDGE OX TO ONE OF THE SPUR PI im VII .-ARRANGEMENT OF TRAVELING TROLLEYS AMI HOISTS AT THE BAMAPO IRON WORKS. ELECTRIC TRAVELING HOISTS. An iiw xpensive system of traveling cranes for handlingloads from 1^ to 5 tons, and which is admirably adapted forrailroad storehouses and scrap yards, has been installeda) the Ramapo Iron Works, Niagara Falls. N. Y. The trolleysand hoists run on the lower flanges of a single I beam, and itis thus possible to install this arrangement in places where itwould
. American engineer and railroad journal . FIG. 2—TRAVELING TROLLEY SUNNING OFF THE TRANSFER BRIDGE OX TO ONE OF THE SPUR PI im VII .-ARRANGEMENT OF TRAVELING TROLLEYS AMI HOISTS AT THE BAMAPO IRON WORKS. ELECTRIC TRAVELING HOISTS. An iiw xpensive system of traveling cranes for handlingloads from 1^ to 5 tons, and which is admirably adapted forrailroad storehouses and scrap yards, has been installeda) the Ramapo Iron Works, Niagara Falls. N. Y. The trolleysand hoists run on the lower flanges of a single I beam, and itis thus possible to install this arrangement in places where itwould bi impi ihle to arrange for regular crane runways, andit is very much less expensive. The traveling trolleys may berun off the transfer bridge on to the single I beam tracks, which may be arranged in almost an endless variety of ways,making it possible to carry the load to any point in an extensiveplant. As an illustration, the diagram in Fig. 1 shows someof the combinations which are used at the Ramapo IronWorks. The transfer bridge operates over the middle bay ofthe shop, running out at one end over the two railroad sidin
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