. American engineer and railroad journal . mg % j 5 £j u March, 1905. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 77 DATA CONCERNING LARGE CRANES. ANGUS SHOPS, CANADIAN PACIFIC. RAILWAY. Motors— Speeds in feet, per mln. Location inSbops. z a Lift of Hook. Height of Crane, tj a CraneClearanceat Center. Erecting shop .... 2Machine shop .... 1Machine shop .... 1 Boiler shop 1 Midway 1 Foundry (outside). 1Foundry (inside).. 1 76 ft. 5 ft. 11 ft. 11 ins. 76 ft. 5 ins. 77 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. 0 ins. 25 ft. 8 ft. 8 ft 8 ft. 8 ft. 0 ft. 0
. American engineer and railroad journal . mg % j 5 £j u March, 1905. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 77 DATA CONCERNING LARGE CRANES. ANGUS SHOPS, CANADIAN PACIFIC. RAILWAY. Motors— Speeds in feet, per mln. Location inSbops. z a Lift of Hook. Height of Crane, tj a CraneClearanceat Center. Erecting shop .... 2Machine shop .... 1Machine shop .... 1 Boiler shop 1 Midway 1 Foundry (outside). 1Foundry (inside).. 1 76 ft. 5 ft. 11 ft. 11 ins. 76 ft. 5 ins. 77 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. 0 ins. 25 ft. 8 ft. 8 ft 8 ft. 8 ft. 0 ft. 0 ft. 0 ins. 10 ft. 6 ft. 6!, ft. 2 ins. 7%3%. From the Bwitch hoard the feeder lines passinto a 10 by l- ft. brick tower built Into the power house there the distribution is by hare copper on poles builtup of four I / in. web plate. These are Deluding the portii ound 8 ft. and they provide for ike the the blacksmith shop between the car machine and■ii<- locomotive -hop, with branch cotions to all the other buildings. The cables are 250,000 i m0 ft. spans with a Bag of -! t In ummer.,,.i ended aThe wiling In the buildings Is partially of open cleat worko .f wire and partially i o* Ith rubber 100 b. p ol ■ and near! amp i . I he Inside Hjjhliiiij In taken from tb( 25 2 100 250 25 24 ft. 10 ins. 125 300 — 25 ft. 6 ins. 150 300 25 ft. 6 ins. 100 250 20 25 ft, 6 1ns. 250350350 125125 rator cables, the voltage being transformed down to 110. Thetransformers are hung on the outside walls of the wood work-. ing shops and the columns of the other buildings. Only onesize 10 is used. These are General Electric Type H.
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