. The Street railway journal . Street R<j. Journal SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS OF THE NASHVILLE SHOPS AM) CAK HOUSES 386 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. u. For bench work ten benches are located along the northwall just underneath the windows, and each is suppliedwith a 6-in. vice. In the blacksmith shop, which comprisesa section of the general repair shop in the rear of the ma-chine tools, are installed two Buffalo down-draft blower and the 24-in. suction fan for the forges aredriven by a 5-hp motor. The rear of the room is used for the storage of wheels. NASHVILLE MACHINE SH
. The Street railway journal . Street R<j. Journal SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS OF THE NASHVILLE SHOPS AM) CAK HOUSES 386 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. u. For bench work ten benches are located along the northwall just underneath the windows, and each is suppliedwith a 6-in. vice. In the blacksmith shop, which comprisesa section of the general repair shop in the rear of the ma-chine tools, are installed two Buffalo down-draft blower and the 24-in. suction fan for the forges aredriven by a 5-hp motor. The rear of the room is used for the storage of wheels. NASHVILLE MACHINE SHOP, WITH INDIVIDUAL DRIVE OF MACHINES and axles and other heavy materials. A staggered doubletrack extending from the rear to the wheel press facilitatesthe handling and storage of oil room in the rear contains seven65-gal., self-measuring Bowser oil tanksin which are kept oils and paint materials. The winding room immediately overthe central portion of the machine shopis provided with a 16-in. lathe for band-ing armatures, and an old 100-ton wheelpress is being fitted up for pressing oncommutators and armature cores. Arma-tures are handled by means of a2-ton electrically-operated Sprague hoist,which runs on an overhead beam extends over an opening inthe floor, and the hoist is used to raiseand lower armatures from and to thefloor below. For almost their entire length the tworepair tracks are supported 3 ft. 10 a concrete pit on cast-iron postsplaced about 6 ft. apart. The posts,which are 6 ins. in diameter, are set insolid concrete
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