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proper sequence, s> cccs may c< 



together at the right time and place for assem- 

 bling. The material, instead of moving in a i 

 tinuous line from receiving to shipping ms, 



will, after lc.i\ ing the raw material stores, go first 

 into independent departments or shops and will 

 then begin to flow together like small streams 

 uniting into larger ones, to form finally a single 

 r which flows out over the shipping platform 

 to the open sea of the outside market. 



Assembling Industries Require Special Plant 

 Construction. Assembling industries also differ 

 greatly, in their plant construction, from continu- 

 ous industries. A shoe factory will occupy a build- 

 ing not unlike a cotton mill, while a shipbuilding 

 plant will be broken up into separate buildings, as 

 in the case of a steel mill. In most machine shops, 

 the foundry is in a separate building, partly for 

 convenience and partly to reduce fire risk. The 

 pattern shop may be near the foundry or it may 

 he in the main plant. Other auxiliary departments 

 may be a carpenter shop, forge shop, drying kilns, 

 r plant, etc. 



In most assembling industries, proper lighting 

 is of great importance, as many of the operations 

 are delicate and require close watching. Where 

 ground is cheap, one-story buildings with overhead 

 lighting are widely used. In cities, where this is 

 not possible, multiple-story buildings are used. 

 These buildings are seldom more than sixty or 

 seventy feet wide, in order that light may reach 

 all portions of the floor spaces from each side. 



