. Railway master mechanic . This building is 32ft X 40 ft. It has brick walls, iron trussof the Finkdesign and a slate roof. It is eouioned with tliree boilers, locomotive type, with sloping lire box, thdiameter of the shell being .50 in., and the totallength 21 ft. The boilers have 74 flues, 3 in. outsidediameter 11 ft. long. The fire boxes are 4 ft. by 7 have a heating surface of 0(i2 square feet. Apressure of 100 lbs. is carried in the boilers. Theboilers are connected to a main pipe 8 in. diameterwhich is carried under ground in a 2 ft. square brickconduit. At the machine shop, the
. Railway master mechanic . This building is 32ft X 40 ft. It has brick walls, iron trussof the Finkdesign and a slate roof. It is eouioned with tliree boilers, locomotive type, with sloping lire box, thdiameter of the shell being .50 in., and the totallength 21 ft. The boilers have 74 flues, 3 in. outsidediameter 11 ft. long. The fire boxes are 4 ft. by 7 have a heating surface of 0(i2 square feet. Apressure of 100 lbs. is carried in the boilers. Theboilers are connected to a main pipe 8 in. diameterwhich is carried under ground in a 2 ft. square brickconduit. At the machine shop, the pipe branchesinto two (i in. pipes, one of which enters the shop,and the other runs parallel with the building to theproperty line, which it follows to about midway be-tween the car shop and planing mill, where it againmakes a bend, and runs to a point opposite the plan-ing mill. .\i this place the diameter is reduced to -5in. at which size it enters the planing mill near theengine. At the bends the pipe is joined by copper. THE RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. expansion joints, shaped like a horse shoe. The con-duit is covered by 3 in. boards, laid crossways iu sec-tions, which can readily be removed in case of leaks. The smoke boxes are connected with a 4 ft. diame-ter brick flue, running under the ground to the out-side of the building, where it joins a sheet steelstack 4 ft. internal diameter, and 90 ft. high. Thestack stands on a stone foundation, and is self sup-porting. It is lined half way up with fire brick, andthe remainder with red brick. The stack is made ofsteel, T-16 in. thick at the base and i in. thick at thetop. An artesian well has been bored near the boilerhouse from which a Duplex steam pump, located inan annex attached to the boiler house, lifts the waterinto the two 3-5,000 gallon tanks standing close water is under ordinary conditions distributedfrom the tanks, but the valves are so arranged thatin case of fire, the pumps will force the wat
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