Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . epartment, if permitted, which would causeinconvenience, loss of time, and diminished order to avoid this result a small engine is provided forovertime working of the preparatory department—espe-cially the sizeing machines, without running the shaftingand gearing of the other portion of the steam left in the boilers, and which would otherwisecondense during the night, is generally sufficient for thispurpose, and is thus utilized. A mechanics shop formaking repairs completes the equipment of the estab-li
Cotton weaving: its development, principles, and practice . epartment, if permitted, which would causeinconvenience, loss of time, and diminished order to avoid this result a small engine is provided forovertime working of the preparatory department—espe-cially the sizeing machines, without running the shaftingand gearing of the other portion of the steam left in the boilers, and which would otherwisecondense during the night, is generally sufficient for thispurpose, and is thus utilized. A mechanics shop formaking repairs completes the equipment of the estab-lishment. The boilers, along with the economizers and chimney, arein close proximity to the engines, and are arranged as com- CONSTRUCTION OF A WEAVING ESTABLISHMENT, 365 pactlj as possible, whilst a large mechanics shop is con-veniently situated alongside. The coal space for theboilers is easy of access from the yard. A spacious yarn store and cloth warehouse are provided,and have each direct communication with the yard forloading and unloading Fig. 183.—The Lancashire Boiler. The arrangement of the shed generally is suitable foreconomical working and can be readily extended withoutvery great cost. We may now turn and look at these matters in a littlemore detail. The selection of a proper type of boiler is animportant matter. Cotton manufacturing is in no sensea business that furnishes fuel as a waste or bye product 366 COTTON WEAVING. of any of Its processes. All the f uel has to be purchasedin one way or another. Therefore the type of boilershould be that constructed to give the highest degree ofevaporative power from every pound of fuel are many types of boilers, but the merits of theseneed not be discussed in the limited space that can bedevoted to the matter here. It is enough to appeal tothe general experience of the trade, and this has longdeclared the Lancashire boiler (fig. 183) is simple, efficient,and economical, whilst it can be easily c
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