. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ed on the endless chain running inthe center of the bench and are conveyeddirect to the wagons, which are on alower level than the common rail levelof the works. The Fettling Sliop, Fig. 7, 90 feet long Close to the foundry, connected by the18-inch tramway, a space is allotted,fenced in with wrought iron fencing, forthe storage of spare and stock castings. The Bolt Shop, 60 feet long by in feetwide, formed in two bays, contains mod-ern bolt and nut making machines, rivetand nail making machines, and drop
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ed on the endless chain running inthe center of the bench and are conveyeddirect to the wagons, which are on alower level than the common rail levelof the works. The Fettling Sliop, Fig. 7, 90 feet long Close to the foundry, connected by the18-inch tramway, a space is allotted,fenced in with wrought iron fencing, forthe storage of spare and stock castings. The Bolt Shop, 60 feet long by in feetwide, formed in two bays, contains mod-ern bolt and nut making machines, rivetand nail making machines, and dropstamps for light smithy work. The Smithy, Fig. 8, is a continuationof the bolt shop, measures 212 feet longby III feet wide, and is likewise in twobays. It is a spacious and well-lightedbuilding, containing thirty-three singlehearths along the outside walls and elevendouble hearths along the middle. Be-tween the hearths are placed at intervalssmall steam hammers. The blast for thefires is produced by a Root blower fixedat one corner of the shop. The Fitting Shop, Fig. 10, 508 feet long. FITTING & MACHINE SHOP Fig. 10 HORWICH SHOPS, L. & Y. RAILWAY. j^GasFlue Locomotive EngiiiecrtngBRASS FOUNDRY Fig. J J by 47 feet wide, in one bay, is used forcleaning castings after leaving the foun-dries, and is also provided with two dou-ble annealing furnaces heated by gas. The Wheel Shop, 165 feet long by 47feet wide, in one bay, is next to the fet-tling shop, being separated from it by apartition wall. After the wheels havebeen fettled they are taken to the lathesto be bored and turned, and are thenloaded direct into the wagons which arerun into the shop, the hauling being per-formed by an overhead rope driventraveling crane running the whole lengthof the wheel shop, smaller swing cranesbeing used for the different lathes fixedto the walls. The carriage wheels arealso put together in this shop, and a spe-cial hydraulic press is provided for forc-ing the wood blocks between the wheelcenter
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