. American engineer and railroad journal . \ til u u ; . / J 1 1 STANIIARD ASH PIT OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN tions. A brick building 14 ft. square is provided near the pitsfor the use of the men. Shops and Powerhouse. The building containing the powerhouse and shops is a brickstructure with steel roof trusses and tile roof and conformingin its excellent exterior appearance with the roundhouse andother buildings. Tlic small machine shop occupies a space ofabout 50 X 65 ft. in one corner of this building, which has beenprovided with a floor of creosoted wooden blocks. The toolsare
. American engineer and railroad journal . \ til u u ; . / J 1 1 STANIIARD ASH PIT OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN tions. A brick building 14 ft. square is provided near the pitsfor the use of the men. Shops and Powerhouse. The building containing the powerhouse and shops is a brickstructure with steel roof trusses and tile roof and conformingin its excellent exterior appearance with the roundhouse andother buildings. Tlic small machine shop occupies a space ofabout 50 X 65 ft. in one corner of this building, which has beenprovided with a floor of creosoted wooden blocks. The toolsare belted from a line shaft which is driven by a 35 G. motor located in the engine room adjoining. A tr^ck —..jRailL ^^^. DETAIL OF C. & N. W. ASH PIT. extends into the machine shop from one of the pits in theroundhouse. At the present time there has been installed in the machineshop, two lathes, a planer, shaper, double headed boring mill,drill press, punch and shear, bolt cutter, hydraulic press andemery wheel. A motor driven wheel lathe is to be installed inthe near future. A small blacksmith shop has been provided in an unused partof the boiler room. In the boiler room of the powerhouse there have been lo- CoALiNG Station. As is mentioned above, the coal chute is arranged to servefour tracks, three passing miderneath the storage bins and oneat the end. This station is of 800 tons capacity of the doublebalanced elevator type, built by Fairbanks, Morse & conveying apparatus is in duplicate and is arranged to bothelevate and transport horizontally. 1 he conveyors are drivenby a 20 induction motor. Water Supply. The water supply is taken from the Mississipii River, on thebanks
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