. The street railway review . ureroom, where all the motor and dynamo winding for theentire system, is done. .\11 the men are experienced,and when change in the winding is found expedient, itmay be done here without the trouble and ofshipment. The armature room is next the store room, tofacilitate the handling of the wire. Twenty men areemployed at present in the winding room. A bake ovenand in fact every necessary appliance is at hand to makethe armature room perfect. It is connected vvith themachine shop by an electric elevator. The armature 54(5 ^\jwd)/{mii^ room, in common with th
. The street railway review . ureroom, where all the motor and dynamo winding for theentire system, is done. .\11 the men are experienced,and when change in the winding is found expedient, itmay be done here without the trouble and ofshipment. The armature room is next the store room, tofacilitate the handling of the wire. Twenty men areemployed at present in the winding room. A bake ovenand in fact every necessary appliance is at hand to makethe armature room perfect. It is connected vvith themachine shop by an electric elevator. The armature 54(5 ^\jwd)/{mii^ room, in common with the rest of the shop and barn, islighted electrically. Immediately below the armature room and extendingthe length of the building, is the machine shop, wherewheel presses, lathes, drill presses, screw cutting machm-ery, millers and other appliances for rough or fine workare found. An old water-proof, Thomson-Houston,50-horse-power double reduction motor is installed hereas the motive power and faithfully fulfills its MICHIGAN STREET I!R1D(;E AIMROACH. Forges and anvils, together with a rail bender, enable thecompany to do all its own smith work and crossing andswitch work, besides general repairs. Next to the machine shop on the north is a boilerroom of 30 by 30 feet, containing three boilers, whichwill later do service for the plant. A store room forunderground supplies is also found here, and great coilsof submarine cable, Edison tubing and cables give theroom a Jules Verne appearance, intensified by the dim,religious light from the basement windows. This endsthe elevated part of the structure. The rest of it is onljslightl) raised and is the car barn proper, a good view ofwhich we are able to reproduce. There are eleventracks, capable of holding over a hundred cars, all pits are electrically lighted and a repairer can gofrom one pit to another at any place along the tracks. Thisalso facilitates fire fighting and gives good building is of br
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