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Identifier: railwaymastermec33newy (find matches)
Title: Railway master mechanic (microform)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
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Subjects: Railroads Railroads
Publisher: New York : (Simmons-Boardman Pub. Corp.)
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rrugated iron. As in the other buildings all possiblenatural lighting and ventilation are provided, the windows be-ing operated in a manner similar to those in the locomotive shop. Track doors on both sides of the building provide for addi-tional ventilation and render it possible to use all tracks asthrough tracks at some future date if desired. The section de-voted to woodworking machinery is 50 feet wide by 91 feet longand is separated from the coach department by an eight-inch con-crete fire wall and two double automatic fire doors. A fullcomplement of woodworking tools are arranged on either sideof the track leading to the freight car repair yards. In the west 20 feet of the building are located the brass fin-ishing, upholstering, paint storage and bench workrooms, sep-arated from the main section of the building by an eight-inchfire wall and from each other by eight-inch walls 12 feet high.Each room has an outside door and a double automatic firedoor leading into the coach room.
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Station and Roundhouse, Bogulusa furnish excellent north light for the operation of- the machinetools. On account of the heat and humidity of the climate, the win-dows are designed to provide for all possible ventilation and areequipped with mechanical operators. The majority of the sidewindows are hinged at the top, and arranged to swing outwardby means of vertical gang operators, giving an opening of about30 per cent of the window area. The monitor windows of both the erecting and forge shopare also arranged to open, the sash sliding past each other andgiving an opening of about 50 per cent of the window area.These windows are moved by a steel cable controlled by a gearedoperating device. As a still further means of ventilation overthe machine bay the sawtooth monitors are provided with cir-cular metal ventilators distributed throughout their length. The tool room, 21 feet square, is in the wing occupied by theforge shop, and is separated from the forge shop by an eight-inch concret

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