. Electric railway journal . Omaha Wood Shop—Cross-Section Through Wood Mill and Erecting Shop Lledric lij/.Jtsurnat tral heating plant in the old shop, which was made suffi-ciently large to take care of the additional radiation neces-sary to heat the new building. The heating system is ofthe indirect type, the steam-heating coils and a 6-ft. fanbeing installed in one corner of the mill room. Hot-airducts are carried overhead on the floor beams of the secondfloor of the mill room and roof trusses of this portion ofthe building, as well as in the carpenter shop. The steam cations. The latter, i
. Electric railway journal . Omaha Wood Shop—Cross-Section Through Wood Mill and Erecting Shop Lledric lij/.Jtsurnat tral heating plant in the old shop, which was made suffi-ciently large to take care of the additional radiation neces-sary to heat the new building. The heating system is ofthe indirect type, the steam-heating coils and a 6-ft. fanbeing installed in one corner of the mill room. Hot-airducts are carried overhead on the floor beams of the secondfloor of the mill room and roof trusses of this portion ofthe building, as well as in the carpenter shop. The steam cations. The latter, in case of fire, automatically close thetwo openings between the mill room and the carpentershop. WOOD MILL As mentioned previously, the wood mill is two stories inheight, the mill room being on the first floor and the cabinetshop occupying the balcony on the second floor. A 2-tonelectric freight elevator operating at 25 ft. per minute was. Omaha Wood Shop—Interior View of Wood Mill from First Floor, Showing Balconies Along Both Sides is carried into this building through a heavily insulatedmain supported on a structural steel bridge and is thus car-ried over the transfer table. The bridge also supports theshavings exhaust duct for removing sawdust and refusefrom the mill room. Artificial light is provided by arc lamps which are swungfrom the floor beams and roof trusses and spaced to givea uniform illumination at the working level of the machine. installed to handle material between the two woodworking machine installation includes the follow-ing: a circular cut-off saw, small joiner, 4-in. molder, 10-in. molder, a tenoner, a plain mortiser, a hollow chisel mor-tiser, a shaper, a 26-in. planer, a circular rip and cut-offsaw, a swing saw, a band saw, a sander and an emery wheelfor sharpening tools. The shavings and sawdust are removed from all machines 752 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 17. by
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