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 blacksmith shops. The following is a brief description of the work carried out in them.

Here the car body is lifted from the trucks by means of chain blocks on an overhead runway. The trucks are then run out from under the car to the tracks spanned by an electric crane, which does all the necessary lifting and transporting of the parts preparatory to repair and overhaul.

In this shop is installed a complete and up-to-date equipment of machines for carrying out repairs and renewals to the cars and plant generally, also machines for the making of new parts and the turning of car wheel tyres.

In this shop cars are rebuilt, wholly, or, in part, as required, and all necessary repairs are effected.

This is where cars are repainted and varnished.

The different parts of the car motors are here repaired and rewound.

In this is installed a complete plant for dealing with the various classes of forging work required in tramway