. The Street railway journal . TRANSFORMER ROOM POWER STATION. HANCOCK CAR HOUSE ft. and those in the boiler room aThey were designed with a factor of span of 40 of four tional load of 10,000 lbs. applied at any point of the bottomchord. All trusses rest on cast-iron plates built into thewalls. The anchor-bolts project through the plates, slotsbeing left in the shoes at the ends of the trusses to allow foradjustment and expansion. Washers 6 ins. square wereprovided for the base of each anchor-bolt. Each truss hasa bearing surface on the walls of at least 8 ins. The UnionFoundry Compa
. The Street railway journal . TRANSFORMER ROOM POWER STATION. HANCOCK CAR HOUSE ft. and those in the boiler room aThey were designed with a factor of span of 40 of four tional load of 10,000 lbs. applied at any point of the bottomchord. All trusses rest on cast-iron plates built into thewalls. The anchor-bolts project through the plates, slotsbeing left in the shoes at the ends of the trusses to allow foradjustment and expansion. Washers 6 ins. square wereprovided for the base of each anchor-bolt. Each truss hasa bearing surface on the walls of at least 8 ins. The UnionFoundry Company furnished and erected the trusses, pur-lins, monitor bracing, crane runways, and so forth. TheWhiting Foundry Equipment Company, of Harvey, 111.,built the 20-ton hand-power traveling crane used in theengine room. A brick wall 16 ins. thick divides the building into aboiler room, the inside dimensions of which are 40 ft. x 82ft. 4 in., with a height to the bottom chord of the rooftrusses of 26 ft., and an engine room measuring 50 ft. x 82ft. 4 ins. and 26
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