. Railway mechanical engineer . ile ductswhich are carried up to sheet metal cowls with outlets aboutthree feet above the floor. During extremely warm weather louver with pivoted steel sash windows in each side the center to provide an outlet for smoke and roof is of the same type used on the erecting and ma-chine shop. The power house is a steel frame brick building 118 107 ft. with a basement under both the boiler and the 10 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol, 93, No. 1 engine rooms. It lias a reinforced concrete roof covered withtar and gravel. The two buildings w
. Railway mechanical engineer . ile ductswhich are carried up to sheet metal cowls with outlets aboutthree feet above the floor. During extremely warm weather louver with pivoted steel sash windows in each side the center to provide an outlet for smoke and roof is of the same type used on the erecting and ma-chine shop. The power house is a steel frame brick building 118 107 ft. with a basement under both the boiler and the 10 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol, 93, No. 1 engine rooms. It lias a reinforced concrete roof covered withtar and gravel. The two buildings which are now used forthe boiler, flue and tank work, are 125 ft. wide and 316 and200 ft. long. The walls are of brick and composite woodand iron trusses support the roof, which is of wood with anasbestos covering. DRISION OF FLOOR SPACE BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. The proper division of floor space between the variousdepartments of a locomotive shop presents a difficult prob-lem. In determining the allotment it is necessan to consider. Frame and Cylinder Equipment in the SoutPi Bay among other factors the class of repairs to be handled, theaverage period for the renewal of tulies and fireboxes, andthe amount of manufacturing w^ork to be done for othershops. Practically all the locomotives repaired at West areas of the principal departments in the locomotive shopare given below: Abe.\ of Shops Size .\rca Area jier pit Erectinti shop 100 ft. by 792 ft. =: 79,200 sq. ft. * 2,640 sq. ft Machine slio|> 2111 ft. by 792 ft. = sq. ft. sq. ft. Erecting and machine 310 ft. by 792 ft. = sq. ft. sq. ft. Boilei and tank 125 ft. bv 316 ft. and 125 ft. by 200 ft. = 64,500 sq. fl. sq. ft. Blacksmith shop 90 ft-by 250 ft. = 22,500 sq. ft. 750 sq. ft. Total of four main departments sq. ft. Il,0S3sq. 1 f^^j^wsf^S^ g^^i wm jjfa^gw^yr fF*^^ ii m ^^PlF*^-^ ^^ -vm hL l-^^i mmwm i Mfh ■ ^fW giSL. ^- ■/ *^i 1 dktt^i^UyiM^^H wMm General Foremans Of
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