. American engineer and railroad journal . 800 cu. ft. of air per minute at 150 r. p. m. The fans aredriven by a 10 by 12 in. horizontal engine direct each fan there is a heater having 5,000 sq. ft. of heatingsurface and the whole apparatus has been installed under a■guarantee to give 65 degs. temperature in the house with an•outside temperature of 10 degs. below zero. It will be seen that at normal capacity these fans are capableof delivering 177,600 cu. ft. of air per minute, or sufficient tocompletely change the air in the whole enginehouse every 8minutes. The eflfect of this
. American engineer and railroad journal . 800 cu. ft. of air per minute at 150 r. p. m. The fans aredriven by a 10 by 12 in. horizontal engine direct each fan there is a heater having 5,000 sq. ft. of heatingsurface and the whole apparatus has been installed under a■guarantee to give 65 degs. temperature in the house with an•outside temperature of 10 degs. below zero. It will be seen that at normal capacity these fans are capableof delivering 177,600 cu. ft. of air per minute, or sufficient tocompletely change the air in the whole enginehouse every 8minutes. The eflfect of this circulation upon the ventilation of the house can be easily understood and in other engine housesin very cold climates it has been found that this system ofheating will maintain the guaranteed temperature with a 30 stall engine house, as at Corning, this apparatus gives333 sq. ft. of heating surface per pit and a delivery of of air per pit per minute. In the machine shop, offices and other sections of the plant. Sectional Elevation ofChannel Beams DETAILS OF DROP PITS AND MOVEABLE RAIL the heating is by direct radiation from steam pipes, the exhauststeam forming the principle supply for all of the buildings withthe exception of the coal chute, although high pressure steamcan be turned on if necessary. In the machine shop particularly,the large amount of heat radiating surface is very noticeableand because of the very liberal windov/ area it will no doubtbe found to be highly desirable in this climate. The radiatorsconsist of from 12 to 15 rows of piping encircling the wholeshop underneath the windows, with the exception of the dooropenings. In the enginehouse the artificial lighting is by means of en-closed arc lamps, there being one suspended directly from theroof timbers in the centre of the house, between each of the are also a few stationary incandescent lamps on thefire walls and at other points. Sockets for portable electrics areloca
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