. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR A LINE OF FORGES tween the machine shop and the blacksmith shop or forge forges, made by the Buffalo Forge Company, Buffalo,room, where it can be run over any one of the fourteen re- N. Y., which give excellent service. These forges are par-. GALLERY OF ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, SHOWING DIPPING VATS AND STORAGE RACKS FOR ARMATURE COILS pair pits, which is most conveniently located for the supply- ticularly adapted to work of this kind, as the entire absenceing of its necessary requirements. Here, the armatures, of overhead draft tubes allows of
. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR A LINE OF FORGES tween the machine shop and the blacksmith shop or forge forges, made by the Buffalo Forge Company, Buffalo,room, where it can be run over any one of the fourteen re- N. Y., which give excellent service. These forges are par-. GALLERY OF ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, SHOWING DIPPING VATS AND STORAGE RACKS FOR ARMATURE COILS pair pits, which is most conveniently located for the supply- ticularly adapted to work of this kind, as the entire absenceing of its necessary requirements. Here, the armatures, of overhead draft tubes allows of much better illumination, December i, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. and the efficient regulation of the heat, which can be ac-complished by the hood, enables the workmen to turn outthe most faultless material. The mechanical draft for theseforges, as well as for a large reheater used in bendingmotor-supporting cross bars, is furnished by the blower andexhauster, which are shown on the suspended platform inthe illustrations of this room. These are both driven by a25-hp General Electric motor. The blacksmith shop alsocontains a combination punch and shear, which will cut offa piece of iron 8 ins. by 1 in., and will punch a i^-in. holein 1 in. iron. The machine which bends the motor-susp
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