. The street railway review . COKE l> AND HEATIN(. A IMAK ATIIS. nd Door is provided for storage purposes between the first llooisecond gallery. On this floor are lavatory, wash room and coatroom for the employes, the space occupied for this purpose bein^16 ft. wide by 125 ft. long. The machinery is so arranged thatthe floor work is continuous with the least possible amount ofcarrying, and enables finished parts from the machines to be readilydelivered, cither to the storage room or directly to the crcctin;; benches when required. One side of the shop is for the heavymachinery an
. The street railway review . COKE l> AND HEATIN(. A IMAK ATIIS. nd Door is provided for storage purposes between the first llooisecond gallery. On this floor are lavatory, wash room and coatroom for the employes, the space occupied for this purpose bein^16 ft. wide by 125 ft. long. The machinery is so arranged thatthe floor work is continuous with the least possible amount ofcarrying, and enables finished parts from the machines to be readilydelivered, cither to the storage room or directly to the crcctin;; benches when required. One side of the shop is for the heavymachinery and the other has the erecting benches and testing ap-paratus. The power house is 60 x 125 ft. and its equipment comprises two130-h. p. Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one horizontal, automaticcnt-oflf engine of 200-h. p. and 82-kw. generators of the Christen-. VIICW ur WORKS FROM companys own make. At one end of the power house is aroom 24 X 60 ft. in which are installed the engine and heaters ofa hot air heating and ventilating plant which was furnished by theWilliam Bayley & Sons Co., of Milwaukee. A tunnel built oltile, 400 ft. long, conducts the heated air to the machine shop.
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