. Electric railway journal . been central-ized at AlbanyStreet. The AlbanyStreet shops rep-resented thegrowth of an ex-isting installationto meet the re-quirements of arapidly expandingsystem. Interestin their work cen-ters in the utiliza-tion of special ap-pliances of a labor-saving character Fig. 2-Boston Elevated Shops-Elec- than the trie Hoist Between First Floor design of theand Shop shops as a whole. On March 12 the shops were destroyed by fire. Preparationshad just been completed for the publication of an article de-scribing the labor-saving tools operated in these shops in con-nection
. Electric railway journal . been central-ized at AlbanyStreet. The AlbanyStreet shops rep-resented thegrowth of an ex-isting installationto meet the re-quirements of arapidly expandingsystem. Interestin their work cen-ters in the utiliza-tion of special ap-pliances of a labor-saving character Fig. 2-Boston Elevated Shops-Elec- than the trie Hoist Between First Floor design of theand Shop shops as a whole. On March 12 the shops were destroyed by fire. Preparationshad just been completed for the publication of an article de-scribing the labor-saving tools operated in these shops in con-nection with armature repairs, and through the kindness ofthe company, it is still possible to review some of the methodsand appliances employed previous to the destruction of theplant. These methods and appliances are of established value,and in the formation of new facilities for armature mainten-ance there is no question that many of the means of workingwhich proved acceptable in the old shop will be continued inthe future The maintenance of armatures and field coils, with the hand-ling of all special winding and insulation work in connectionwith motor and generator service, repairs on electric trackswiches, escalator, fan and shop motors was conducted in theArmature Department, which occupied the second floor ofthe machine shop building at Albany Street. The departmentshared with various store rooms an L-shaped area about 320ft. long and 75 ft. wide, there being separate sections for differ-ent classes of work, including a taping and insulating room forlighter work, small coil winding, etc. Fig. 1 shows the methodby which armatures and other equipment and supplies werehandled at the entrance of the shops. The same view shows oneof three stock cars used in handling material and equipmentbetween the shops and different car houses and power plantson the system. Each of these cars is equipped with fourmotors and weighs about 20 tons. A i-ton Sprague revolvinghoist with a 7-ft.
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