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5. Spinning, 



6. Doubling and winding, 



7. Reeling, 



8. Dyeing, 



9. Pirn-u inking, 



10. Warping, 



11. \V 



12. Finishing. 



The plant to d k will preferably be 



a multiple-story building. Textile plants are 

 usually > where land values are high, so 



that a multiple-story building is the most ceo- 

 noni is is possible because the ma- 



il a rul the machinery required are both com- 

 paratively light. The later steps in the process 

 require good lighting and ventilation. Much of 

 the machinery consists of many units of standard 

 elements such as spindles, which may be placed in 

 long rows. Textile mills, consequently, are long, 

 symmetrical buildings, with many windows. 



hmngement of a Stffl Mill. In a steel mill, 

 on the other hand, the tonnage of material handled 

 is enormous. The machines involved are very 

 large and comparatively few in number. Most of 

 the time the material is in either a molten or 

 heated coml \ :ccl plant, therefore, covers 



an extensive ground area and has a large number 

 of detached one-story buildings of tire-proof con- 

 struction, equipped with hoists, cranes, and rail- 

 way tracks. The ore, limestone, and coke are 

 received at one end of the plant where they are 



