The Works Of Messrs. Schneider And Co.

o THE STEEL FOUNDRY. shop, in which are two sand mills and a screening machine workecl by a dynamo. The right-hand bay of the foundry of the pieces, while the neighbouring shops are provided with machine tools for cutting off runners, and roughing □ fE II ■■■ i IH ■ ■■■ Jig. 125. Cast-Steel Stern-Post for the Armoured Cruiser “Jena.” (Weight, 10,897 Kilogrammes = 10.6 Tons.) Fig. 126. 24 Centimetre (9,449 in.) Gun Housing. is used for moulding small and averagecl - sized pièces. Here the lifting work is done by three 6-ton electric travelling crânes. The end of the foundry opposite to that occupied by the furnace, is set apart for the storage and finishing, &c., a certain number of the Castings. All these tools are driven electrically. In fach, no steani or gas is used in the steel foundry, the lighting and trans- mission of power being provided from an electrical station.