. Canadian transportation & distribution management. tes into the centre of the shopat the transfer table. In addition, the sky-lights in the roof assist materially in mak-ing the interior light at all times duringthe day. The transfer table runway is spanned bya 0 ft. truss, tiie nature of which is shownin figs. 1 and 2, and the interior view infig. 4, the highest part of the buildingshown being the monitor that runs the full section of the shop, the length of the carhoist, is chambered out beneath at thesame level as, and parallel to, the pit. Thehoist screw passes through into this lowwcham
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. tes into the centre of the shopat the transfer table. In addition, the sky-lights in the roof assist materially in mak-ing the interior light at all times duringthe day. The transfer table runway is spanned bya 0 ft. truss, tiie nature of which is shownin figs. 1 and 2, and the interior view infig. 4, the highest part of the buildingshown being the monitor that runs the full section of the shop, the length of the carhoist, is chambered out beneath at thesame level as, and parallel to, the pit. Thehoist screw passes through into this lowwchamber, and is supported on a verticalthrust block nut in this chamber floor. Oneach of the screws, just above the chamberfloor, is a worm gear, engaging with a wormon a shaft near the floor, parallel with thepit. The end of the parallel shaft on eachside of the pit, mesh with bevel gears onthe end of a cross shaft in the pit at thetransfer table end. This shaft is an old12A (30 ) motor. Between each hoist,on the column next to the transfer table,. Fig. I.—Montreal Tramways New Plant, viewed from the South. line, a special spur had to be built alongVervais Road from the St. Denis Streetline. The plant consists of a main buildingand several minor buildings at pointsaround it, the majority having a direct con-nection, making an admirable arrangementfor intercommunication in cold plant, looking at the south and northsides, is shown in figs. 1 and 2, respectively,and the plan of the shops and grounds, withapproaches, in fig. 3. The dimensions of the main building areapproximately 425 ft. long by 269 ft. wide. length of the runway. The sides of themonitor have swing sashes, operated fromone end by a shaft. The front section of the shop is whatmay be termed the motive power section,as all the repairs to the running gear andmotors are attended to in it. This part ofthe shop is further subdivided into sixsub sections—car hoists, overhauling sec-tion, wheel and axl
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