The Principles of Leather Manufacture
CHAPTER XXVII.
_CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TANNERIES._
Selection of site -- Arrangement of buildings -- Fire insurance -- Automatic sprinklers -- Possibility of extension -- Production and distribution of power -- Electric motors -- Shafts, pulleys and belting -- Balancing of machinery -- Fire-risk from bark mills -- Chain-conveyors -- Lubricating oils -- Construction of pits -- Underground pipes and overhead troughs -- Pumps and pumping appliances PAGE 444