. The street railway review . ne corner of the room to pro- Id « VVfS ^\ W*H ft \\I I r~1 11 11 ^ n* ¥J5 ^IW- M ** WOOD-WORKING SHOP. tect and keep it out of the way. Part of the wall space is utilizedby a rack which holds different grades of bar iron, and on the southside below the windows is a work bench. The floor is of wood,which is less troublesome than concrete when scored arid cut byheavy pieces of metal. The longitudinal runway previously men-tioned passes overhead in front of the three forges, so that truckparts or other equipment can be readily transferred from the en-tering track to
. The street railway review . ne corner of the room to pro- Id « VVfS ^\ W*H ft \\I I r~1 11 11 ^ n* ¥J5 ^IW- M ** WOOD-WORKING SHOP. tect and keep it out of the way. Part of the wall space is utilizedby a rack which holds different grades of bar iron, and on the southside below the windows is a work bench. The floor is of wood,which is less troublesome than concrete when scored arid cut byheavy pieces of metal. The longitudinal runway previously men-tioned passes overhead in front of the three forges, so that truckparts or other equipment can be readily transferred from the en-tering track to any forge, or to the drill. The equipping shop is 150 ft. long and 42 ft. wide. It has a bayat the north end about 60 ft. wide. There are two tracks in this de-partment, spaced 18 ft. apart on centre lines, besides a track throughthe bay to the carpenter shop. The two tracks which run all theway through the equipping shop each have pits, the bottoms beingconcrete and the sides brick—the usual construction in these SOO* CONNECTIONS FOR OBTAINING TWO VOLTAGES BY THE USE OF a UNSCREWED. SOO VOLTS AT .\ SCREWED IN. 110 VOLTS AT t. The floor is of concrete, and the natural lighting is chiefly effectedthrough the skylights. Plug sockets are available, however, so thatthe lamps may be carried anywhere beneath the cars when department is equipped with four 4-ton hand hoists on travel-lers arranged to sweep the entire area. The travellers are sus-pended from wheels which run on longitudinal girders used as run-ways. By means of these a car body can be hoisted from the truckswithout the use of jacks and moved to any desired portion of theroom. In the southeast corner of the building is a room 39 ft. 10 in. by25 ft., set apart as a brass foundry. At present the principaldone here is babbitting, but some brazing ne. I hree Kiciloi babbitting devices are in use. The work done by these is sufficientlyaccurate so that the reboring process in the cas
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