. Canadian engineer. electricalequipment was sup-plied by the Cana-dian General Elec-tric Co. The cabinson the side of thedock nearest thewharf also eachcontain a Jenckesmotor-driven aircompressor. The General Lay-out and Buildings.—The dock-yard it-self contains severalbuildings, the prin-cipal of which arethe power house,carpenter shop andship-shed, machineshop, boiler andblacksmith shop and foundry. There is a complete watersystem (including fire hydrants), a sewer system and acompressed air system installed for the whole railway tracks rurt to every part and to theshops. A 20
. Canadian engineer. electricalequipment was sup-plied by the Cana-dian General Elec-tric Co. The cabinson the side of thedock nearest thewharf also eachcontain a Jenckesmotor-driven aircompressor. The General Lay-out and Buildings.—The dock-yard it-self contains severalbuildings, the prin-cipal of which arethe power house,carpenter shop andship-shed, machineshop, boiler andblacksmith shop and foundry. There is a complete watersystem (including fire hydrants), a sewer system and acompressed air system installed for the whole railway tracks rurt to every part and to theshops. A 20-ton locomotive crane is used for shuntingand hoisting. A 50-ton pier derrick, for handling freight,is mounted on the dock, and a lo-ton steam coal hoist,equipped with clam shell and capable of transferring coalfrom a boat or barge or railway car at the rate of 16 tonsper hour, is located near the pier derrick. The boiler house contains six water-tube boilers,rated at 400 each and delivering steam at 175 General View of Harh Dock, (2) Middle Setlioii, {.i) lind Section,(-1) Pier Derrick, (7) Shipbuilding Plant, (8) Power House, (5, 6 and 9) Foundry, Blacksmith and Boiler Shop, and Machine Shop. January 13, 1916. THE CANADIAN ENGINEER 127 per square inch. They are equipped with chain gratestokers. Provision has been made for the installation ata later date of two more boilers and an economizer. Thefeed water is passed through two heaters by two Allis-Chalmers 4-stage turbine boiler-feed pumps. The power house, 104 ft. x 148 ft., and the chimney,175 ft. high X 11 ft. diameter, are built entirely of con-crete. The coal used is soft coal screenings and is con-veyed from outside storage bins by an electrically operatedmonorail crane, and deposited in hoppers in front of theboilers, from which it feeds by gravity to the chain ashes are deposited into self-dumping buckets, whichare conveyed to a standard flat-car outside of
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