. American engineer and railroad journal . AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 123 the gallery, so located as to divide the periphery of the buildinginto practically equal parts. The ducts vary in section from3 ft. X 4 ft. to 3 ft. X 2 ft. 6 in. Manholes to give access to theducts are provided at ten points and most careful attention hasbeen given to drainage. This system, to the writers personalknowledge, will provide a comfortable temperature during ablizzard with a very low outside temperature. General artificial lighting is by Nernst four and six glower full length of tlie building. Th
. American engineer and railroad journal . AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 123 the gallery, so located as to divide the periphery of the buildinginto practically equal parts. The ducts vary in section from3 ft. X 4 ft. to 3 ft. X 2 ft. 6 in. Manholes to give access to theducts are provided at ten points and most careful attention hasbeen given to drainage. This system, to the writers personalknowledge, will provide a comfortable temperature during ablizzard with a very low outside temperature. General artificial lighting is by Nernst four and six glower full length of tlie building. The appearance of the building issimilar to the erecting shop, with the exception that the windowarea provided is not as arrrple. One of the illustrations give aplan, sectional and elevation view of this building, which illus-trates its character very clearly. The steel work is designed so as to provide ample strength inevery direction for jib cranes which may be required to handleheavy weights. Thus at points where cranes are to be located. [A AIL n A ^^ North Elevation SIDE ELEVATION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE SHOP BUILDING. THE VERY LARGE LIGHTING AREA AND GENERAL ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE OF THE BUILDING ARE EVIDENT HERE. lamps over the machine bay and series arc lamps over theerecting floor. Incandescent lamps are used over each machinetool and along the benches. A liberal supply of receptaclesalong the columns and in the pits are provided for portablelamps and also portable machine tools. BLACKSMITH SHOP. This is a concrete and brick structure with steel roof trusses,having outside dimensions of 80x354 ft. 6 in. A 20 ft. monitorwith swinging si4e lights and a ribbed glass top, which is pro-vided in the center with a continuous lourve, extends nearly the the cross bracing between the roof trusses is carefully studiedso as to distribute the stresses over several of them. One of thephotographs, showing the interior of the shop, illustrates thisconstruction clearly and shows how the cranes
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