. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . ing purposes she is equipped withsix reversible single drum steamwrenches, working at four is also a steam windlass on thefocsle lead for raising anchor andwarping purposes. The winches, wind-lass and steam steering gear are madeby the Bawden Machine Co., Toronto,the winches being the7 in. x 7 in. x 12 The Buildings andBuilding Berths There are at pre-sent erected and inoperation, the mainbuilding, containingar-le and plate fur-naces, the bendingslabs, angle ironsmiths shop, and thepunch shop. The ma-ch
. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1919 . ing purposes she is equipped withsix reversible single drum steamwrenches, working at four is also a steam windlass on thefocsle lead for raising anchor andwarping purposes. The winches, wind-lass and steam steering gear are madeby the Bawden Machine Co., Toronto,the winches being the7 in. x 7 in. x 12 The Buildings andBuilding Berths There are at pre-sent erected and inoperation, the mainbuilding, containingar-le and plate fur-naces, the bendingslabs, angle ironsmiths shop, and thepunch shop. The ma-chinery in these shopsis sufficient to allowof handling about 75to 100 tons steel in aworking day of ninehours, all on theground floor. The power housecontaining two Sulli-van air compressorsis in this building onthe ground floor, alsothe warehouse andstock room, the join-ers and carpentersshop, and the moldloft. On the secondfloor the rooms areall large and welllighted. and someidea of the size canbe got when it is saidthe building is 4855 feet long by 210 feet /. THE SHEER LEGS. wide in the way of punch shop, and 110feet in way of power house, etc. Thebuilding is of steel frame constructionwith concrete walls reinforced, and theroofing is of corrugated iron over thepunch shop, the mold loft being coveredwith a built-up roof. The plate and angle furnaces are ofthe oil burning type and are capable ofhandling the longest frames and platesrequired, made and installed by TorontoIncinerator Co. Foundations are in and steel framingerected for a second building, which willcontain an electrical shop, pipe shop and forge, and patternshop. This building, when completed, willbe 425 feet long by 110 feet wide, of thesame construction as the punch shop Assoon as this building is completed, orsooner if conditions permit, two otherbuildings containing foundry and boilershops respectively will be erected. The machinery already installed forhandling steel at the ships side consistso
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