. Electric railway journal . ork—anything that can be picked up withthe clamshell bucket or a magnet. Its capacity is indi-cated by the fact that it carries a 30-ton cantilever truss is 62 V2 ft. long from the outer endto the center of rotation and is capable of turning acomplete revolution. The legs have a 16-ft. spread bothways. The crane is mounted on eight 30-in. wheels, anda runway 1000 ft. long is constructed across the rail is carried on a 2-ft. x 8-ft. concrete bed rein-forced with old rail. The 8-in. x 8-in. ties are set intothe concrete level with the top
. Electric railway journal . ork—anything that can be picked up withthe clamshell bucket or a magnet. Its capacity is indi-cated by the fact that it carries a 30-ton cantilever truss is 62 V2 ft. long from the outer endto the center of rotation and is capable of turning acomplete revolution. The legs have a 16-ft. spread bothways. The crane is mounted on eight 30-in. wheels, anda runway 1000 ft. long is constructed across the rail is carried on a 2-ft. x 8-ft. concrete bed rein-forced with old rail. The 8-in. x 8-in. ties are set intothe concrete level with the top and the rail fastened tothem with bridge clamps and lag screws. The crane was built by the Variety Iron Works,Cleveland, and is equipped with four 33-hp. and one7-hp. Westinghouse 600-volt motors, and a LakewoodEngineering Company 2-yd. clamshell bucket. Its usehas introduced great savings in the handling of almostall materials in the yard. The handling of paving blockhas been found to be considerably speeded up by loading. CLEVELAND STORAGE YARD—FIG. 10—CEMENT AND STOCK HOUSE; FIG. 11—PILING SACKS TWENTY-FIVE HIGH IN CEMENT HOUSE February 24, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 339
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