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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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east end of theproperty, is 210 ft. long x 100 ft. wide. The roof is formed oftwo bents supported longitudinally through the center bywooden posts. The building is very well lighted, as may benoticed from the illustrations. A total of 4032 sq. ft. of windowglass and 1685 sq. ft. of skylights was used. In the southeast corner of the shop is located the paint stockroom, where the paints, oils and supplies for immediate useare kept in drawers, bins and shelves. Along one end are in-dividual lockers for the workmen to store their brushes, toolsand personal supplies. A zinc-lined bin is provided for storingwaste; a grinder is located on one side of the room, and in thecenter is a zinc-covered platform for mixing purposes. Ad-joining the storeroom are washing trays and a lye vat. In-dividual clothes lockers are provided in this as well as the othershops for the workmen. They were made in the shops and areventilated by wire netting. Fourteen tracks enter the building, each being long enough
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DETAIL OF TRANSFER TABLE, SHOWING MOTOR DRIVE AND GEAR CONNECTION TO DRIVING WHEEL, OAKLAND TRACTION SHOPS ported on two 22-in. diameter steel-tired double-flanged wheelsmounted with a 10-ft. wheel base. The table is driven by a GE 800 motor, supported at the cen-ter of the table and geared by pinion and gear to a 3-in. cold-rolled steel shaft. At each end the shaft is connected by doublepinion and gear to one of the two truck wheels. The table hasa speed of 4 m.p.h. An air brake has been designed for the table which has, foreach truck, a double air cylinder 8 ins. in diameter and 15 ins.long, as shown in the sectional diagram on this page. The twopistons operate levers directly connected to shoe brakes, which to hold a Key Route car and one of the Oakland Traction cars.At the south end of the paint shop is ample space for extend-ing the building when future requirements demand the room.At present a space 70 ft. x 115 ft. immediately adjoining thebuilding is to be used for car-washing

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