. Electric railway review . Twin City Shops—Exterior of Paint Shop Building. V ■■ wiw ——t .1 ^ • Si Bpi 7 ■■ ■ 1 f r fip^ ^^^ ■ ■■I ^^tffflffl ,rr Ill £» .„_ . i Twin City Shops—View Showing Buildings Facing Transfer Table. October 14, 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 467 800 blocks per day were cast on one machine. The blocksare said not to crush until a load of 167,200 pounds is applied. The cement bricks were molded from a mixture of 1 partcement to 314 parts sand and were manufactured at the rateof 15,000 per day by five machines made by the PeerlessBrick Machine Company of Minneapol
. Electric railway review . Twin City Shops—Exterior of Paint Shop Building. V ■■ wiw ——t .1 ^ • Si Bpi 7 ■■ ■ 1 f r fip^ ^^^ ■ ■■I ^^tffflffl ,rr Ill £» .„_ . i Twin City Shops—View Showing Buildings Facing Transfer Table. October 14, 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 467 800 blocks per day were cast on one machine. The blocksare said not to crush until a load of 167,200 pounds is applied. The cement bricks were molded from a mixture of 1 partcement to 314 parts sand and were manufactured at the rateof 15,000 per day by five machines made by the PeerlessBrick Machine Company of Minneapolis. It required twobarrels of cement and 1% yards of sand to make 1,000 bricks. Other than the floors, roots and walls, all of concrete, thegirders used are of especial interest. These girders support. Twin City Shops—Cross Section of Paint Shop. the roof and floors and span the trackways running into thebuilding wherever unobstructed space is required. One type ofgirder is 58 feet long, reinforced with seven plain steel rods IVz Reference to the plan showing the layout of the buildingswill indicate the position of the transfer table, on either sideof which are the shop buildings proper. The pit for the trans-
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