. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE WOODWORKER Wood Working- Machinery. The Rochester works of the American Wood Working Machinery Company are among the most modern and extensive of their kind in the world. The company have equipped themselves with a splendid plant and with every facility for its in- crease. They have also five other plants, two at Williamsport, Pa., one at Mont- gomery, Pa., one at Aurora, 111,, and one at Green Bay, Wis. The sales offices are at New York, Rochester, Chicago, New O
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. THE WOODWORKER Wood Working- Machinery. The Rochester works of the American Wood Working Machinery Company are among the most modern and extensive of their kind in the world. The company have equipped themselves with a splendid plant and with every facility for its in- crease. They have also five other plants, two at Williamsport, Pa., one at Mont- gomery, Pa., one at Aurora, 111,, and one at Green Bay, Wis. The sales offices are at New York, Rochester, Chicago, New Orleans, and Portland, Ore. The illustra- tions published herewith give a fair idea of the extent of the Rochester plant. Figure 1 gives a general view of the works, the buildings being of brick. From left to right, the first building is the pat- tern storage, in which the various pat- terns, used in the contsruction of the machines, are located. In the next build- ing, on the second floor, is the 'pattern shop, where the patterns are made. The first floor is devoted to a carpentry or general wood working department. The third is the office- building, the first floor of which is devoted to the office of the works, as well as the offices for the pur- chasing agent, chief of construction, sup- erintendent, and general engineering department. The second floor is used exclusively for the executive offices of the company. The long building to the extreme right is the general machine shop. Beginning at the left again, the first rear building is the flask shed for the storing of the wood and iron flasks. Next comes the foundry proper, and the third building is the supply house in which is contained all the iron, coke, sand, coal, wood, etc., that are used in the foundry. Immediately in the rear of the office building are the power house and blacksmith shop. The foundry, power house, and blacksmith shop are fireproof buildings, and the other buildings are provided with automatic sprink-
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