Chapter IV: Appendix: C

THE THREAD-MILLER, AND THE "BACKING-OFF"
LATHE, AS APPLIED TO SHELL MANUFACTURE 215

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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C. J. Bowen-Cooke, Esq., C.B.E., Chief Mechanical Engineer,
London and North-Western Railway _Frontispiece_

Armoured Train 45

Various Types of Artificial Limbs 68

The Protector, or Mine-sweeping, Paravane 70

Gauges made at Crewe and used for the Manufacture of
Graze-Fuses 78

Reversible Mechanical Tapping Machine for Fuse Caps
Designed at Crewe 78

The Graze-Fuse, shewn in section 80

Rolling out Dents in 4·5-inch Fired Cartridge Case 89

"Patriot."--A Typical Example of the "Claughton" Class of
6´ 6´´, Six Wheels Coupled Express Passenger Engine
with Superheated Boiler; Four h.p. Cylinders, 15-3/4´´ bore
x 26´´ stroke; Boiler Pressure, 175 lbs. per sq. inch;
Maximum Tractive Force, 24,130 lbs.; Weight of Engine
and Tender in Working Order, 117 tons 99

6-inch Shell Manufacture in the New Fitting Shop, Crewe
Works 112

A Crewe Tractor in Road Trim 130

A Crewe Tractor as Light-Railway Engine on Active Service 130

Limber Hooks: Illustrating Duplex Method of Drop Forging 145

Trunnion Brackets for 6-inch Howitzer Gun, Drop Forgings 145

The 4-ton Drop Hammer 148

Naval Gun weighing 68 tons. A Typical Instance of War-time
Traffic 173

Breakdown Crane and Lifting Tackle for Shipping Small
Goods Engines 178

An Overseas Locomotive Panel "Severely Wounded" 178

Type of Overhead Travelling Crane, Built at Crewe and
Supplied to the Overseas "Rearward Services" 180

"We, the Working Men of Crewe, will do all that is Humanly
Possible to Increase the Output of Munitions, and Stand
by our Comrades in the Trenches" 186

London and North-Western Railway War Memorial, Euston 210

Manufacture of a Hob-cutter, in "relieving" or "backing-off"
lathe _Appendix C_

DEEDS OF A GREAT RAILWAY