. The locomotive engineer . principal dimensions of the Homstead Millsare given below, and were furnished by the works ;Ihe rail mills being larger, will show much greatercapacity. • The Homestead Steel Works arc located somenmc miles above Pittsburgh, They are on thelines of the Monongahela Division of the Pennsyl-vama Railroad, and the Pittsburgh. McKeesport &Toughiogheny Railroad. The consistsof some 89 acres, of which Ihe works properoccupy about ,iO acres of level ground, having ariver frontage of 8,100 feel. The Bessemer department comprises a convert-mg mill lli).\73 feet, in
. The locomotive engineer . principal dimensions of the Homstead Millsare given below, and were furnished by the works ;Ihe rail mills being larger, will show much greatercapacity. • The Homestead Steel Works arc located somenmc miles above Pittsburgh, They are on thelines of the Monongahela Division of the Pennsyl-vama Railroad, and the Pittsburgh. McKeesport &Toughiogheny Railroad. The consistsof some 89 acres, of which Ihe works properoccupy about ,iO acres of level ground, having ariver frontage of 8,100 feel. The Bessemer department comprises a convert-mg mill lli).\73 feet, in which are located six melt-ing cupolas, and two five-ton ennverteis: a bloom-ing mill 178x73 feet conlaining soaking pits; aEowerful blooming train and hydraulic crane forandling ingots, etc.; a\^ structural mills 33inches and 93 inches, which are in a differentbuilding, 602x84 feet, having three wings 80 feetdeep. In this building there is a 10 incli train forrollingspnu^ rodfl,utc. The two structural -^^:^. of this engine being but 2,i pounds more than Iheordinary locomotives of the some class, and inevery other way is its counterpart. In theconnection of two pistons to a common crosshead,the most satisfactory results have ensued. Theguide bars and guide bearer are very light, and nohealing, culling or bending has been noticeable insome 20,000 miles of service. A spoonful of oil issufficient to liihrieaie ihcm duringa mp of 100 other jHirls are similar lo those of an ordinarylocomotive of the same class, not compounded. The facilily with which the engine startsdepends upon the admission of steimi to the low-pn-ssurt- cylinder, which is readily accompHsliedby coupling ihe two ends of the high-pressurecylinder, and wire-drawing into the low-pressurecylinder. A pressure can thus be obtained. siiOi-cient to start the heaviest Irains, utilizing the enlin-adhesion of the engine without undue etrains onthe piston rods. Water cau«il by condensation in eylindera.
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