How the U. S. Army saved space in storing automobiles and other vehicles
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How the U. S. Army saved space in storing automobiles and other vehicles
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How the Army Saved Space in Storing Automobiles
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ANY one who has been compelled
to find storage space for his
automobile in the congested district
of a big city will sympathize with the
officers in charge of the storage pro-
gram of the army when they were
called upon to store thousands of
cars and trucks.
It is a costly proposition to build
warehouses covering acres of land
to store vehicles that take up a
great deal of floor space but leave
many thousands of cubic fect be-
tween the vehicle and the ceiling.
A system of storing automobiles
was devised, whereby the car rests
on end. This is accomplished either
by standing the machine on its front
wheels, springs, and axle, the rear
wheels being braced only enough to
keep the car plumb, or by literally
hanging the car to the ceiling. In
this way thousands of feet of floor
space was saved.
Tn order to store the cars properly
it was necessary to drain all oil from the engine, remove tae gaso-
Tine, and treat the inside of the engine with a heavy oil. The car
should be stored absolutely vertical in order to eliminate strain.
The air-pressure in the tires was reduced to about thirty pounds.
If the ceiling of the warehouse is very high, it is possible to store
cased or crated goods on the floor and to stand the chassis on top
of these. All parts should be well oiled before storing.
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1919-10
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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34
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Davide Donà
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 95, n. 4, 1919
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