The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05

In this article shall not undertake to describe in
detail any of the operations In the different shops, but will
give general description OF s buildings and OF what
going on as derived from the daily reports to the
mandant The ward something like thirty
of ground and besides the workshops it contains the
residences of the various officers on this station The
principal structure is range of buildings in the form o.
hollow square, rather rectange, embracing boiler
shop machine shop pattern shop smithery, and erect
ing shop. The length Of this building the east and
west fronts is 432 feet; the north and south fronts
265 feet Tbs boiler shop ZIG feet long by G5 feet
WIDE and SO feet high in the clear Here there about
thirty hands employed, under the superintendent OF
Thomas Champion, who are engaged in cutting up the
old Allegheny boilers and in work on the steamers
Water Witch and Fulton. Tho machine shop consists OF
three rooms each ZIG feet long and 65 feet WIDE where
there are about hundred men employed under the
charge of Mr.. Bright. The operations in this depart
ment are work cylinder heads, &C., for the steamer
Richmond, cutoff valves for the susquehanna. Mlers
condenser for the boiler and machine shops &c.
The pattern shop consists Of one ZIG feet by Co. and
is under the charge of Mr. Boyd. The erecting shop is 3S
feet by So and SO feet high having gallery IL feet
wide all around it, The smitlory is 1871 feet long and
IS feet wide and he about 100 men employed un
der the superintcndence of James Tucker, in making
anchors chain cable and small chain for general service
in making bloom iron, hand and leg irons in work on
the steamer Water Witchs engine, hull, &c. and SINH
lar work for steamers Fulton and Richmond AID also in
making gun carriages and other small iron work With
in this quadrangle the steam boilers with chimney
l45 feet high, which supply steam to the different engines
in all these shops. btR'H eR8t&*
On the east Of this range Of buildings building Is to
be erected which will be 432 feet long and 80 feet wide
portion of this has been completed and is ised
forge shop, in which is erected Of the largest
h,,,, 4l,,
TONS and capable of forging any amount Of shcatbg
other heavy work that may be required This depart
ment under the charge of John Tucker The anchor
and faggottng shops now in progress All the old
scrap iron about the various navyyards collected here
and faggotted up into blooms and from that material
all the large anchors manufactured for the whole
sorvoeyasying in size from four hundred pounds TO
nine thousand pounds. te
On the north Of the large range Of buildings ia the iron
foundry 265 feet long and 65 feet wide in which all the
castings made for machinery for ships use and for
yard purposes and where also the shot and shells
cast for the ordnance department Here about thirty
men are employed, under the superntcndencc Of William
O. Hoofnagc. On line to tho west Of the iron foundry
is the new ordnance building about the same size with
the foundry, I'M which the effective and beautiful guns
invented by Commander Dahgrun are mannfactured.
This department is under the charge of Mr. Iolroyd
and about seventy men here employed in working
howitzcrs, carriages laboratory stores howtzcr
milton, ammunition for large guns &C. Here Is where
the Minnie rifle balls made Near by is the ordnance
foundry where the br guns cast and also the
guncarage shed. Still further west near the boundary
OF the yard the laboratory buildings or pyrotechnc
department. where manufactured the rockets blue
lights and other fireworks, together with cartridges
This Is under the charge Of Mr. Chaplain
In tho southwest portion OF tho yard are the joner
shop, block shop, whcelrghts' shop saw MILL timber
sheds, and also shp-lOusc, la these different
shops some fifty or sixty men are employed. ON
the north side Of the yard IL the new muster
Office octagonai in shape and built os brick, with
fourteen feet piazza all around IT, and covered pas
sage way leading to the gate TO afford the work
men ample protection from the weather wha being mus
tered Here Is the Office of the constructing engineer Of
the yard, Capt w P. s Sanger, to whom We are N.