Train Cat - 1002001 - Structure, Industrial, Crane Gantry - Industrial Structures

Specific Item Information: Found in almost every type of heavy industry, this Gantry System has been designed for the Walthers N-Scale Heavy Duty Crane. Designed to be ganged together to extend the length of the Gantry Beam. Kit includes the stairs and platform for the operators cab of the Walthers N-Scale Heavy Duty Crane. Prototype for model was a scrap yard in Baltimore.

Road Name History: A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.

Factories arose with the introduction of machinery during the Industrial Revolution when the capital and space requirements became too great for cottage industry or workshops. Early factories that contained small amounts of machinery, such as one or two spinning mules, and fewer than a dozen workers have been called "glorified workshops".

Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production. Large factories tend to be located with access to multiple modes of transportation, with some having rail, highway and water loading and unloading facilities.

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