. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—AIR HOISTS AND CIRCULAR CRANES FIG. 3.—BRASS FOUNDRY houses. An exterior view of the shop buildings and mastermechanics office is shown in Fig. i. The pits and truck roomare located in the front wing, which measures 55 ft. x 95 machine shop occupies the ground floor of a three-storybuilding, formerly an old horse-car barn. The second floor ofthis building contains the armature and field coil rooms and a motors, armatures and trucks. Together they cover the entirewidth of the shop, the diameter of each circle being 24 crane has two arms exte
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—AIR HOISTS AND CIRCULAR CRANES FIG. 3.—BRASS FOUNDRY houses. An exterior view of the shop buildings and mastermechanics office is shown in Fig. i. The pits and truck roomare located in the front wing, which measures 55 ft. x 95 machine shop occupies the ground floor of a three-storybuilding, formerly an old horse-car barn. The second floor ofthis building contains the armature and field coil rooms and a motors, armatures and trucks. Together they cover the entirewidth of the shop, the diameter of each circle being 24 crane has two arms extending from the center to the cir-cumference, these arms being pivoted at the center, withtravelers at the outer ends. On the arms are also travelersfrom which the air hoists are suspended. The outfits were built. FIG. 1.—EXTERIOR OF REPAIR SHOPS, COLUMBUS RAILWAY & LIGHT COMPANY stock room, 65 ft. x 65 ft., while the third floor is used forstorage. The carpenter shop is in a wing, 48 ft. x 100 ft., atthe rear of the main building. The paint shop, foundry andblacksmith shop are in separate buildings, a short distancefrom the main buildings. Air hoists are used extensively in the truck room. For hoist-ing cars there are eight 9-in. hoists, each capable of lifting 3tons, covering three pit tracks. There are also two 6-in. air in the companys own shop, and cost $240 each complete, in-cluding air hoist and,connections. The circles were made from8-in. I-beams, which were bent into proper shape on a wheelpress. They were laid out with a templet, and steel-facedblocks were used in the wheel press. The I-beams were movedabout 9 ins. at a time, and they went over the circle three timesto insure accuracy. The outfit gives two cranes without anyposts in the center of the room, and at a saving in cos
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