THE LOCOMOTIVE; ERECTING AND MACHINE SHOP, PHILADELPHIA 

 READING R. R., READING, PA.* 



The combined machine and erecting shop is 204 ft. 4^ ins. wide 

 and 749 ft. 10 ins. long, with provision made for its extension to a 

 total length of 1,000 ft. At its present length it has repair pits for 70 

 locomotives, and the proposed extension will provide for 30 pits more. 

 Fig. 176 shows the general arrangement of the shop in plan, and Fig. 

 177 is a transverse section showing the general character of the con- 

 struction. 



The building, it will be observed, is divided transversely into three 

 bays by means of two rows of intermediate columns running lengthwise 

 of the building. These intermediate columns and the side wall columns 

 carry the roof trusses and the overhead cranes, and are spaced 20 ft. 

 apart longitudinally. The walls of the building are entirely indepen- 

 dent of the 'steelwork. Considering the building transversely it will 

 be observed that the two side bays contain the repair pits ; one pit be- 



Duct Drain 



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FIG. 176. PART PLAN, SHOWING PIT AND COLUMN ARRANGEMENT. 



"Engineering News, May 24, 1900 



