and Lastly the Iron Monsters From the Mold 



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A p>onderous bevel gear nearly 

 fifteen feet in diameter. Note 

 the accuracy of the measure- 

 ments as compared with the 

 hugeness of the casting. It 

 weighs exactly 32,000 pounds 



At right: A ten-foot " butter- 

 fly" valve large enough for a 

 limousine to drive through. 

 The gate is swung bj' means 

 of an electric motor which 

 operates on powerful gearing 



Cast steel "lateral" or branch 

 joint for a huge pif>e line, loaded 

 on a special car built without a 

 floor so that the casting would 

 clear bridges, timnels and other 

 railway obstructions encountered 



Below: The bottom of an en- 

 gine bed-plate weighing 86 

 tons, cast in a single piece. 

 It is loaded on a steel fiat-car 

 built especially for such heavy 

 burdens, ordinary railroad 

 rolling stock being too light 



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