. The Street railway journal . t. long,which latter can be extended to 182 taking the space at the south now em-ployed as a storeroom. The floor is madeup of a top layer on i^-in. maple over3-in. hemlock placed on 6-in. tar con-crete, but the tools are mounted on con-crete piers. It is believed that the tarconcrete not only will give an excellentfoundation for the floor, but will also pre-vent any moisture getting in from under-neath the planking and thus graduallyrotting the wood. A wooden floor isalso held to be easier for walking thanan all-concrete floor for shop purposes. The shop i
. The Street railway journal . t. long,which latter can be extended to 182 taking the space at the south now em-ployed as a storeroom. The floor is madeup of a top layer on i^-in. maple over3-in. hemlock placed on 6-in. tar con-crete, but the tools are mounted on con-crete piers. It is believed that the tarconcrete not only will give an excellentfoundation for the floor, but will also pre-vent any moisture getting in from under-neath the planking and thus graduallyrotting the wood. A wooden floor isalso held to be easier for walking thanan all-concrete floor for shop purposes. The shop is furnished with a large variety of tools, somedriven by single motors and others from line shafting. Theirrelative location and name is shown on the plan and keyon page 1024. It will be seen from the range of the tools both ends of the shop. Trucks or wheels brought in onthese tables from one track can be shifted around to thenearby tools and taken along the other track runningthrough the car shop at right angles to the
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