. Railway master mechanic . U I _ liJGI^fa^ <] fd ^ 3 1^ ? i 4 J; ^^! Ppl? L^^ 40 4^ □1 t=ir1 I 6^ (^ (^^ D. feri/ ® h o M H HW o THE RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. NOVKMBER, 1890. CHEYENNE SHOPS, UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY—THE MACHINE from the latter, and also the return pipe from theheating system. The steam for the erecting shop isused for blowing out purposes, and for moving anengine when desired without making a fire. A sheet iron 3i ft. pipe from the boilers connectson the outside with the brick stack, which is 125 The foundation of the stack rests on 81 piles,and consi
. Railway master mechanic . U I _ liJGI^fa^ <] fd ^ 3 1^ ? i 4 J; ^^! Ppl? L^^ 40 4^ □1 t=ir1 I 6^ (^ (^^ D. feri/ ® h o M H HW o THE RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. NOVKMBER, 1890. CHEYENNE SHOPS, UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY—THE MACHINE from the latter, and also the return pipe from theheating system. The steam for the erecting shop isused for blowing out purposes, and for moving anengine when desired without making a fire. A sheet iron 3i ft. pipe from the boilers connectson the outside with the brick stack, which is 125 The foundation of the stack rests on 81 piles,and consists of 10 ft. of concrete, on top of which is 4ft. of stone and the rest is brick. The stack is 15 at the ground, and tapers to the top, whichith iron. The inside diameter of thestack is 6 ft. at the base and 4 ft. at the top. For 40ft. the stack is lined with fire brick and thepressed brick. The feed water system for the boilers may be de-scribed briefly as follows: There are two tanks, onereceiving the cold water from the cityalso the exhaust steam and water from the heatingsystem. This is then pumped into the other tank,where it is heated by exhaust steam from the en-gine and forced into the boilers. If necessary, watercan
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