The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15

tons. capacity: The. shear legs have an
overhang of thirty-six feet, a spread Of
forty-five feet, and,a clear lift. of ninety
feet.
shipyards and Ways.
There Is room at present for building
five vessels 600 feet long and one 200 feet
long, or a greater number of smaller YES
sells occupying the same length.
terfaI in the course of construction by
overhead travelling cranes.
Plate Racks.
These are located along the ship ways
and extending up to the blacksmith shop
eoSefad eS 6nf bg bgP tGa GantTy Ra crane With % Span
of sixty feet, running their entire
length and delivering material to either
the blacksmith shop or the troueyS or the
ship tool building Railroad TRACKS pass
through them underneath the Gantry,
which will be high enough to allow the
locomotive cranes to pass underneath
Launches.
The Risdon Iron Works is well supplied
Sasoline for Service between the Potrero
Works and the downtown office and
branch.O They are fifty-five feet, fifty feet
and thirty-SiX feet long, respectively, and
are very swift, the largest being equal
in speed to anything on the bay OF the
same dimensions.
Expansion.
The total ground owned Is thirty-two
acres, WQll6 the dSSI0SdlC d1Oo uAlONA
cover at present is approximately eight
acres, with another acre provided for in
the near future. This leaves twenty-three
acres for ship yard, storage ana 1utuIe
expansion. The total floor area, with
what Is provided for, amounts to ten and
one-half acres.
City Office.
The new city office and branch machine
shop is a. handsome building, located at
the corner Of Steuart and Folsom streets,
IL. Nolc STR dnf uTh
a storeroom for made-up stock, an eXhtb b1-
tton of sample machines and a small shop
for hurried repairs, and other work OF
similar nature.
The Growth of the Risdon.
The Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works
+boiieh entering upon a remarkable era Of
expansion, so extensive and divergent
that the old landmarks of its development
are quite lost sight of, is yet one OF the
oldest and best established manufacture
ing institutions on the Pacific Coast. In
the early days, when mining was the
,1riroe source of wealth on this coast, its
machinery was the most important manu-
featured. The RisdOn, being a pioneer In
this field, has grown up with It, expand
ing as it developed and contributing its
full quota of original inventions, improved
forms and labor-saving devices, which
have made California's methods model
of mining on a large scale as practical
science the world over. Inoug5 this VII
field other lines are developing into even
greater magnitude-shipbuildin for In
stance. Into this the Risdon Is prepared
tn bring the same energy, improved meth
DDS and conscientious workmanship
which have built up its remarkable trade
in the former branch
The work which this company is now
prepared to do lies in five broad fields,
each complete in all its branches. They
are shipbuilding, marine engineering.
mining machinery, structural iron work
and miscellaneous engine and machine
work.
The Shipbuilding.
In the first the equipment is entirely
new and UP to date and includes facilities
for building six steel vessels at once, 900
or zoo feet long and up to eighty feet
beam, or a larger number of smaller yes
sells. There are also provided seven
wharves for the repair and fitting out of
steamers.
Marine Engineering.
The second department is that of ma
rine engines, high pressure, condensing.
compound, triple or quadruple expansion: