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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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— Its Facilities and Prospects. Laconia, in the State of New Hampshire, is not onlyfamed in song and story, as the center of one of the mostpicturesque spots in American Switzerland, but as a more arate quarters. Each department is interconnected bytracks, to facilitate the handling of work from one another.The areas of the department shops are as follows: mill60 by 100 feet; paint shop, 50 by 270 feet; cabinet shop.40 by 150 feet; blacksmith shop, 40 by 150 feet; grayiron and wheel shops, 40 by 200 feet. The capacity ofthe latter department is 100 street car wheels a day. Inaddition to these enumerated departments, the LaconiaCompany has a malleable iron mill, 150 by 200 feet indimensions, one of the most complete in New England.This department makes castings for the West End StreetRailway Company, the General Electric and other con-cerns. The lumber yards and dry rooms of the LaconiaCompany, of course are large in proportion to therest of the plant and their own special cargoes of
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li I HI I, \( iM r.\ N I, I. \t than passing distinction, in the annals of New Englandscommercial prominence. Its best known industry is without doubt the LaconiaCar Company. The general view of which we takepleasure in presenting on this page. For many years, in fact, ever since the beginning ofextensive railroad building, the Laconia Car Companyhas been in the field of steam road work. It was found-ed in 1850, and with nearly fifty years growth and expe-rience it is needless to state that the equipment of thefactory is complete to the last detail. As will be noticed by the reader, in even a casualglance at the accompanying engraving, the different de-partments of the work are provided with spacious, sep- Oregon pine are brought direct to the works. Sevenhundred men are employed at the works, all skilledin their various crafts, and cars of special designs maybe built with assurance of the best material and work-manship. The president of the company is Perley Putnam, aman whose execut

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