. Book of the Royal blue . \\:\ IMciHK Ml astounding. As one steps inside theerecting-shop to-day the deafening re-verberations of sixty blows a second fromthese riveters and hammers and calkersplaying on the empty boiler shells greettfie ear with an incessant roar, in placeof the old bang, bang, of the hand ham-mer. Instead of requiring ten minutesto drive down the projecting end of aquarter-inch steel flue so that it shall beabsolutely steam tight, only fifteenseconds are needed by the operator to-day to produce a far better finishedpiece of calking. No precision of eye as easily as one woul
. Book of the Royal blue . \\:\ IMciHK Ml astounding. As one steps inside theerecting-shop to-day the deafening re-verberations of sixty blows a second fromthese riveters and hammers and calkersplaying on the empty boiler shells greettfie ear with an incessant roar, in placeof the old bang, bang, of the hand ham-mer. Instead of requiring ten minutesto drive down the projecting end of aquarter-inch steel flue so that it shall beabsolutely steam tight, only fifteenseconds are needed by the operator to-day to produce a far better finishedpiece of calking. No precision of eye as easily as one would mold a bitof wax. The last stage in the assemblingoperation before the engine leaves theerecting-shop for its trial run upon thetracks of the outside yard, is the care-ful testing of the lioilers under cold-water pressure and then under steam,and perhaps even the speeding of themachinery itself while suspended in theair by the electric cranes. The Mount Clare shops boast theproud record of having turned out theearliest o
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