. Electric railway review . York Shops—Special Design of Pit Construction. pair shop building is 265 feet long by 75 feet wide, includingone bay 50 feet wide, through which extend three bay is subdivided into a paint shop 60 feet long, shutoff from a general repair shop by three Kinnear rolling steeldoors. A parallel bay 25 feet wide is subdivided into smallershops, each of which faces the general repair bay. The shop Pennayl *or. York Shops—Interior of Repair Bay. floor the distance between piers is 7 feet 3 inches, thusallowing ample room for working and handling large materialbe
. Electric railway review . York Shops—Special Design of Pit Construction. pair shop building is 265 feet long by 75 feet wide, includingone bay 50 feet wide, through which extend three bay is subdivided into a paint shop 60 feet long, shutoff from a general repair shop by three Kinnear rolling steeldoors. A parallel bay 25 feet wide is subdivided into smallershops, each of which faces the general repair bay. The shop Pennayl *or. York Shops—Interior of Repair Bay. floor the distance between piers is 7 feet 3 inches, thusallowing ample room for working and handling large materialbelow the repair shop floor. Along the bottom of the pits extends a standard-gaugetrack comprised of T-rails buried in concrete. As there isample space under the repair shop floor for storing York Shops—General Ground Plan, Showing Track Arrangement. building has concrete floors and foundations, brick walls anda timber truss roof. General Repair Shop. The general repair shop, an interior view of which ispresented, is served throughout its length by two 6-ton hand-operated Maris Brothers cranes. Each of the tracks extend-ing through this bay has a pit of special design about 75 feetlong. Accompanying illustrations show the detail construc-tion of these pits. They are light, roomy and of such design wheels, trucks, etc., this track becomes useful in handlingsuch material. Concrete steps at each end of each pit leadto the general floor level. The pits are wired in conduit,which is provided at 10-foot intervals with Crouse-HindsCondulet terminal outlet sockets with incandescent equal intervals are similar outlets for portable extensionlights. , At the end of each pit near the center of the buildingis a hydraulic hoist of 4,000 pounds lifting capacity installedunder
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