. Electric railway review . n of wrought-iron pipe 10 inches in diameter, servingas a plunger. Either air or water pressure may be used inthese hoists. On top of the plunger is a cast-iron table carry-ing two 3-foot sections of rail mating with the rails of thetrack in the floor of the pit. In its up-and-down movementthe platform of the hoist is guided by brackets which fit oververtical sections of T-rail in the concrete piers supportingthe floor above. The entire shop is piped for compressed air, which issupplied by a 135-foot compressor, built by the Bury Com-pressor Company and driven by -a
. Electric railway review . n of wrought-iron pipe 10 inches in diameter, servingas a plunger. Either air or water pressure may be used inthese hoists. On top of the plunger is a cast-iron table carry-ing two 3-foot sections of rail mating with the rails of thetrack in the floor of the pit. In its up-and-down movementthe platform of the hoist is guided by brackets which fit oververtical sections of T-rail in the concrete piers supportingthe floor above. The entire shop is piped for compressed air, which issupplied by a 135-foot compressor, built by the Bury Com-pressor Company and driven by -a Westinghouse 25-horse-power type S motor. The building is heated by hot waterfed from a 50-horsepower Bigelow boiler and circulatedthrough a closed circuit system of piping by a Worthington4-inch centrifugal pump. All the light and power wiring isencased in conduit, the circuits being controlled from a singleboard. There are 22 incandescent arc lamps used for light-ing. In handling motors on the repair shop floor there are. York Shops—Stock Racks in Storeroom. used two O. M. Sargent balanced hoists, which are hung onthe lifting hooks of the traveling cranes, thus materiallylessening the work of hand operation. A pipe fitters bench,mounted on substantial wheels, is found to be of especialuse because it can be moved to various parts of the shops. Miscellaneous Shops. Several departmental shops are arranged in a row open-ing off the general repair bay. A brick fire wall separatesthe two sections of the building. The blacksmith shop. 24 by 24 feet, is at the front endof the building. In this shop are a 44-inch Buffalo down-draftforge with a combination motor-driven blast and exhaust fanset: a home-made forge for melting babbitt; a hand-operatedNiagara punch and shear and a specially designed home-maderack for storing iron. The machine shop, next in order, is 24 by 60 feet, anddirectly faces that part of the repair shop floor in which thepits are built. All the tools in the machi
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