Pacific service magazine . ibilities of spontaneous the operators decided that the char-coal was ready for shipment, the productwas sacked directly through chutes at thefoot of the hoppers, weighed, loaded onmotor trucks and delivered to the railroadsiding. Accompanying illustrations show rail-road cars in the process of unloading, thebelt conveyor that distributed the rawmaterials to the storage hoppers, an upperview of three of the carbonizing units, alower view of these units indicating themethod of withdrawing the product fromthe retorts, the shipping platform and theboiler
Pacific service magazine . ibilities of spontaneous the operators decided that the char-coal was ready for shipment, the productwas sacked directly through chutes at thefoot of the hoppers, weighed, loaded onmotor trucks and delivered to the railroadsiding. Accompanying illustrations show rail-road cars in the process of unloading, thebelt conveyor that distributed the rawmaterials to the storage hoppers, an upperview of three of the carbonizing units, alower view of these units indicating themethod of withdrawing the product fromthe retorts, the shipping platform and theboilers. The operations at the plant w^ere car-ried out under the direction of the mili-tary authorities. All construction, opera-tion and maintenance labor was suppliedby the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,and this labor operated directly underthe supervision of the army officials. The organization of the detachment ofthe Chemical Warfare Service underwhich the work was performed is givenin an accompanying chart and an illus-. Outsiclf storage pile of pencil pits. Approximately -4000 tons in vie\v. Pacific Service Magazine 313 I OTf\ce~~[ I P^ANT I s^ I I.^J,.!^ ^?s^s ^(TiJi^ Organization chart of Chemical Warfare Service detachment at the Potrero charcoal plant. tration shows the military personnel ofthe detachment. After the charcoal left the San Fran-cisco plant it was transported to the NewYork plant of the Chemical Warfare Serv-ice at Astoria, Long Island. Here the
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