. American engineer and railroad journal . TOP OF LUMBER SHED. Powei: iii SI .The power house, while it is apparently located a consider-able distance south of the center of gravity of the power dis-tribution, is not as far from it as would appear, since theamount of power required to operate the machines and theshaving exhaust system in the planing mill is quite large compared to that usedin any of the othershops, not exceptingt h e locomotive were not in-stalled, as practicallyall of the exhaust steamis used by the heatingsystem and in the drykiln. The piping is verycarefully
. American engineer and railroad journal . TOP OF LUMBER SHED. Powei: iii SI .The power house, while it is apparently located a consider-able distance south of the center of gravity of the power dis-tribution, is not as far from it as would appear, since theamount of power required to operate the machines and theshaving exhaust system in the planing mill is quite large compared to that usedin any of the othershops, not exceptingt h e locomotive were not in-stalled, as practicallyall of the exhaust steamis used by the heatingsystem and in the drykiln. The piping is verycarefully arranged totake care of any emerg-ency and prevent ashutdown in case of ac-cident. Building.—The powerhouse is a steel framebrick building. 110 141 ft. 4 ins., dividedby a 13-in. brick wallinto a boiler room 4S ins. by 139 ft. 2 an engine room 5Sft. 1 in. by 139 ft. 2 i at li room is :tmonitor 7 ft. 10 and about 15 , extending almost November, 190C. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 419. L-OTH CROSS-SECTION THROUGH ENGINE AND BOILER Room. the entire length of the building. The engine room floor isS ft. 10% ins. above grade and the height from the floor tothe underside of the roof trusses is 36 ft. 5 ins. The engineroom is equipped with a 5-ton traveling crane (56-ft. span),operated by hand, the runways of which are supported bycolumns independent of those of the building. The roof pur-lins consist of 10-in 25-lb. I beams, the wall and ridge purlinsof 10-in. 15-lb. channels and the rafters of 2% by 2% A composition roofing is used. The floor is of concrete, supported by 15-in. I beams, whichare in turn supported by cast-iron columns and, whereverpossible, by the machinery foundations. The floor of thebasement is slightly above grade and consists of concrete laidon a bed of cinders. The basement is lighted by a number ofsmall windows. The window sills are of concrete, and allwood in connection with the windows and do
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