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The New Ship Plate and Angle Shop of the Fore River Ship Building Corpora-~ tion Covers More Than Three Acres—The Equipment is Complete and Modern HE Fore River Ship Building Corporation, Quincy, Mass., has completed what is said to be the , largest ship plate and angle shop in the world. The structure stands close. to the slips for the big ships and is visible for miles. The space enclosed: isso: vast that “the. clamor of | the machinery is subdued. The building, which is known as the ship tool shop, is 188 x 769 feet. It is 60 feet high and covers an area of 3% acres. It is floored with concrete and _ rock asphalt. The building is constructed of red brick with’ a. steel frame; a maximum portion of the wall area is comprised of reflector glass, the center of the building thus being as well- lighted as any other portion. The building lies east and west and is served by a large stock material yard lying north and south at the western end: At the east end of the ship tool shop are located the building slip cranes, which run north and south. The building is divided by a row of columns, running east and west. The north portion is devoted to angles and beams, and the south side to plates. The material yard re- ceives all the raw material for hull construction and is provided with railroad tracks and gantry cranes. This material is conveyed to the shops by electric storage trucks which may go through the shop from end to end and also under the building slip cranes at the east end. Latest Equipment The ship tool shop is fitted with machinery of, the latest type. The plate portion of the shop is equipped with punches with roller tables, a fur- nace, bending blocks, plate planers, large rolls, hydraulic plate-bending and punching machines, scarfing ma- chines, counter-sinking machines, and similar tools. It is served by 15-ton overhead cranes and by wall, jib and post cranes. The angle side of the shop is fitted with with a furnace, bending blocks, punches, planers and a hydraulic joggling press. This side is served also by overhead, wall, jib and post cranes. ‘All machines in the shop are provided with indepen- dent electric drive and all are con- troled from a switchboard room. The building also is provided with hy- draulic pumps and accumulators. The east end of the shop; whith is equipped extensively with pneumatic riveters, is given over to the as- sembling and riveting of bulkheads and heavy material which are carried out to the building slip cranes which transfer them to their destination. The second floor of the building, which is reached by elevators at each end, contains a mold loft and a sheet- metal working shop. The mold loft is 93 x 605 feet, with a storage ell, containing 4,000 square feet. The loft is utilized for laying down ships to full size in order that templates may be made. The sheet-metal working shop is 93 x 164 feet, with a 41 x 93- foot ell. This is served by electric monorail hoists and is equipped with sheet-metal working machinery of the latest type. Under the second floor, at each end of the building, are offices, which are sustained by the floor trusses. The building also in- cludes wash rooms, locker rooms and shower baths for the workmen. ANGLE AND BEAM PORTION OF NEW SHIP TOOL SHOP LOOKING EAST 293 SSG eNO NIE Pe ED ee