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Identifier: canadiantransport1913 (find matches)
Title: Canadian transportation & distribution management
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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Subjects: Freight and freightage Shipment of goods Transportation
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ed by the power company,viz., 2.200 volts, to a sub station locatedadjacent to and immediately outside of thelow machine bay, the transformers forstepping down to 440 volts being located inthe sub station in which are also twomotor generator sets for supplying directcurrent. The switchboard is aiso locatedin this sub station for controlling thepower and lighting circuits in the machineshop, and for the tender shop and foundry.As far as possible distributing feeders arecarried in conduit beneath the shop floor. roof water proofing is four ply tarred felt,pitch and gravel, with copper flashing.Suitable drain leaders are provided andconnected into underground tiled drains tocarry off the water from the roof. Thelarge skylight on the erecting shop bay isof steel bars lead covered with ribbedwired glass. THE TKXDKK AM) WHEEL SIIOI isconstructed with structural steel frameand with steel roof trus-.es, otherwise thegeneral construction of the building issimilar to that described for the main
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Locomotive, Erecting and Machine Shop. Showing Blacksmith and Boiler Shop Bays, Viewed from the West. necessary. The heating throughout is done by in-direct fan system. For distributing theheated air, underground concrete and tileducts are used. The general illuminationconsists of Cooper-Hewitt lamps, withcircuit and plug boxes for extension loopcords. Provision has also been made forincandescent lighting circuits for indi-vidual lighting at machine tools where re-quired, and for outlet boxes for connectingextension lamp cords to provide lightingfor the interior of the locomotive boilers onthe ereetin<r floor. Toilets, lavatories, and thereb) minimizing the amount of exposedwiring in the shops. The building containing all of the abovedepartments of the locomotive shop is con-structed with structural steel frame car-ried on concrete foundations. The exteriorwalls up to the window sill line are ofconcrete, above the window sills of hollowtile plastered. Ample window area is pro-vided

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