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The Pattern Shop: Building No. 77

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[This information is from p. 15 of the Schenectady Electrical Handbook by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. (Schenectady, NY: General Electric Press, 1904). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 621.3 A51s.]

Nearly two hundred men are employed in this three-story building, which contains 52,000 square feet of floor space. The shop has an annual output of about 14,000 patterns. Close attention is paid to molders' requirements, and every resource looking towards the economy of pattern making is brought into service.

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