Since I have already cut this poor machine to the bone in post #6 As I said also there is proof of concept and ingenuity involved in its obvious deliberate design. Since it was as I understand it primarily designed for shipboard use Most likely aboard a smaller possibly cramped for space vessel As with most vessels the machine rooms and engine rooms are as low in the keel as possible The engines for obvious reasons. this machine due to its design meant you needed full access all the way around it so placing it near amidships directly over the spine of the keel where the ship would have the least motion would have been my choice. also the machine has one other characteristic unique to it that being the shared total mass and rigidity of a single large frame which all functions or work stations on the machine would have benefited from this. It is unlikely that more than a few of these were ever used simultaneously since there would have been probably only a machinist and maybe 2 machinist mates sharing duty under normal conditions.
As far as rigging to install or remove it this would have been done with the use of an "H" shaped spreader bar with a minimum of 4 rigging lines while it was still bolted to a shipping pallet made out of either a large wood frame work or a welded steel pallet the rigging lines would have been attached to special pocket hooks which would have been secured near each of the 4 corners these pockets can be seen in the first photo these pockets are also where some of the anchorages to secure the machine to the floor are
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