Scrap plant, at Ashtabula, Ohio, used for iron and steel scrap handling, reclamation and equipment dismantling, employs almost 400 men, has 5 traveling cranes 80 ft long with 65-in. magnets, 5 locomotive cranes and 24-hr switch engine service, and is tearing down freight cars at rate of 40 per day. (See also - n 17 Oct 23 1937 p 555-60)


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    Title :

    Huge scrap plant opened on New York Central


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 103 , n 18


    Publication date :

    1937


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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