. American engineer and railroad journal . Hot Well,is brought by special tracks whereby the storeroom, oil room,coal storage and shop are easily reached. Wheels are alsobrought in here and taken directly to the roundhouse w^eelpits from the shop, the pits being conveniently located forthis purpose. For lighting, current is taken trom the citymains to supply the following lights: Machine shop, 16 lamps;storeroom, 10; engine room, 4; oil house, 4; boiler room, 5;locker room, 13; office 5. All these are 16-candle roundhouse has two arc lamps and 107 incandescents of32 candle po
. American engineer and railroad journal . Hot Well,is brought by special tracks whereby the storeroom, oil room,coal storage and shop are easily reached. Wheels are alsobrought in here and taken directly to the roundhouse w^eelpits from the shop, the pits being conveniently located forthis purpose. For lighting, current is taken trom the citymains to supply the following lights: Machine shop, 16 lamps;storeroom, 10; engine room, 4; oil house, 4; boiler room, 5;locker room, 13; office 5. All these are 16-candle roundhouse has two arc lamps and 107 incandescents of32 candle power. The yard has four arcs and the sand housetwo incandescents, making in all 60 16-candle and 107 32-candleincandescents and 6 arc lamps. The Sturtevant system of heating is used, and the heateris placed in the corner of the machine shop, where it may beduplicated when the second roundhouse is built. An S4 by 72in. hot air conduit leads directly to the roundhouse, where itdivides into two branches, one being 72 by 42-in. and the other52
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