. Cassier's magazine. 000 tons, 323 fixed steam boilers, 513steam engines, ranging from 2 to 3500horse-power (aggregate horse-power,43,848) ; 369 electric motors, and 591cranes of varying power. The totalarea is composed of about 820 acres,of which about 151 are covered. Theyearly consumption of coal amountsto 1,678,175 tons. The fire-brick andcrucible factory turns out everv year123,300 bricks and 2000 crucibles. The supply of water is secured byfour independent installations, supply-ing yearly more than 4,082,665,750gallons of water. The gas works more than 519,184,400 cubic feetof
. Cassier's magazine. 000 tons, 323 fixed steam boilers, 513steam engines, ranging from 2 to 3500horse-power (aggregate horse-power,43,848) ; 369 electric motors, and 591cranes of varying power. The totalarea is composed of about 820 acres,of which about 151 are covered. Theyearly consumption of coal amountsto 1,678,175 tons. The fire-brick andcrucible factory turns out everv year123,300 bricks and 2000 crucibles. The supply of water is secured byfour independent installations, supply-ing yearly more than 4,082,665,750gallons of water. The gas works more than 519,184,400 cubic feetof gas a year for lighting purposes. The electrical equipment includesthree generating and seven distribut-ing stations, 20 miles of undergroundcables, 30 miles of overhead cables,1169 arc lamps, 9740 incandescentlamps, and 369 electric motors, as al-ready stated. The yearly supply ofcurrent amounts to more than 7,098,-547 kilowatt-hours. The works equipment comprisesalso a normal-gauge railway with 446 CASSIERS MAGAZINE. ROLLING AN ARMOUR PLATE AT ESSEN more than 50 miles of line, 16 tank en-gines, and 712 carriages; and a nar-row-gauge railway with 32 miles ofline, 27 locomotives, and 1209 car-riages. These railways are directly con-nected with the neighbouring mainline stations, the service to and fromthese stations comprising 50 trainsdaily. The telegraphic system of the fac-tory includes 31 stations, with 51 miles of wire. It is connected with the im-perial telegraph of Essen, and ex-changes annually with the latter about20,000 messages. There is, besides, atelephone system with 224 miles ofwire. The number of conversations isabout 2500 a day. The factory is provided also with apermanent fire brigade, numbering100 men. The testing field of Meppen coversan area 15\ miles long and three miles THE KRUPP WORKS 447 wide. The yearly average of ballisticexperiments carried on amounts to750, requiring 250 guns, 90,000 poundsof smokeless powder, and 700,000pounds of projectiles. The f
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