. The Street railway journal . m will be employed. The works occupy a largetract on the outskirts of the city to the west, the main structures beingof brick and conveniently arranged lor the transfer of the materialfrom one shop to another. On approaching the works the principalbuilding in the foreground is the machine shop, two stories in height,with a ground plan of 200X60 ft. The office occupies the first floor of•a three-story tower at one corner next the street, the dimensions ofeach floor being 30X30 ft. The draughting room is above the office,and the third floor is occupied as a store r
. The Street railway journal . m will be employed. The works occupy a largetract on the outskirts of the city to the west, the main structures beingof brick and conveniently arranged lor the transfer of the materialfrom one shop to another. On approaching the works the principalbuilding in the foreground is the machine shop, two stories in height,with a ground plan of 200X60 ft. The office occupies the first floor of•a three-story tower at one corner next the street, the dimensions ofeach floor being 30X30 ft. The draughting room is above the office,and the third floor is occupied as a store room. The first floor of themain building is known as the machine shop, and the entire space isfilled with iron working tools of every description and of the latestpatterns, one of the principal machines being a twelve foot wheelborer. The second floor of this building is known as the pattern shop,and is equipped with the necessary wood working machinery. Theblacksmith shop is next in order, with a ground space of 60X150 ft.,. WORKS OF BROWNELL & CO., DAYTON, 0. in which are located nine forges. The boiler shop, which is theprincipal place of interest, is 200X50 ft., with an L at each end of50X50 ft., and a wing to one side of 70X240 ft. This includes thesheet iron department and the flanging department. The first machines which attract attention on entering the boilershop are the Allen automatic riveting machines. These are operatedby compressed air, and consist of a double long lever or shears towhich the riveting apparatus is attached, and which will reach wellwithin the boiler shell. A hot rivet being inserted, the first operationis to clamp the plates by pressure, when the hammer is started and theblows continue until the metal has partially cooled, which prevents therivet from stretching. These riveters, of which there are a large num- ber, are supported by a block and fall from an overrunning trolley, andcan be operated in almost any position, being supplied with air fr
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