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forgings, springs, etc.
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angles, etc., and in the manufacture of brake shafts and levers, hooks, links, couplings, etc. Although this shop is of great importance, it has of recent years lost much of its work because
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Fig. 15.—Stamping Shop with Drop Hammers.
By Brett’s Patent Lifter, Co., Ltd. (Coventry).
important details of the motion work of locomotives are now made as solid stampings in the drop hammer department instead of being welded. All the smaller parts of the valve gear, etc., are
