PACIFIC RAILWAY, PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 221 
BUILDING SHED AND WOODWORKING SHOP. 
On account of the excessive rainfall in Prince Rupert, it will be necessary 
to do the work of building the pontoons for the floating dry-dock under 
cover. 
In laying out the general plan for the property and in view of its future 
development, the possibility of shipbuilding was carefully considered, and 
while there is no immediate prospect for the building of steel vessels so far 
from the base of material, it was thought advisable, in preparing for the 
building of the pontoons under cover, to make the construction of a per- 
manent nature, suitable for shipbuilding, to be used in the immediate future 
for wooden shipbuilding and later on for steel shipbuilding. To accomplish 
this the building shown in Plate 108 has been developed. This building is 
located over the launching platform and over part of the general platform 
extending eastward from Pier No. 1, with foundations carried down to rock. 
It will be seen from the general plan, Plate 107, that the property is laid 
out for side launching, this being the only practical development that was 
possible under existing natural conditions. The building about to be 
described is the result of these conditions. 
While side launching is unusual in Europe and generally in America 
it is practically universal on the Great Lakes, and the general design of this 
structure is the result of experience there. 
The shipbuilding portion of the structure is designed to have a covered 
width of 86 feet by 300 feet long, with a clear height under cranes of 50 feet 
and under girders of 56 feet. The shop section of this building is to have 
a width of 80 feet and a length of 300 feet. The ground floor will be used 
‘for machinery and the upper floor will be used as a laying-out floor. 
The equipment of woodworking machinery will be most complete, 
comprising large re-saw band saw, timber sizer, rip and crosscut saws and 
other woodworking and finishing machinery. 
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. 
There will be an office and administration building 40 feet wide by 100 
feet long, constructed of wood two and one-half stories high. This will 
be fitted up with draughting room, accounting and bookkeeping department 
and private offices. The exact location of this building has not been deter- 
mined, as this will depend largely upon the opening and grading of streets 
approaching the property. 
