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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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stems of rapid transit in the UnitedStates. At present the city is in close connection by thiscompanys lines with the three boroughs of West Bethle-hem, South Bethlehem and Bethlehem, as well as Fount-ain Hill, Freemansburg and Hellertown on the South,and with Fullerton, West Catasauqua, Catasauqua, Hoken-dauqua, Coplay, Stempton, Siegfrieds, and White Hall onthe North—a total population of 120,000. All of theselines center at Rittersville, midway on the historic pikebetween Allentown and Bethlehem, where the railway July, 1894.) THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 429 company has provided what is said to be the finest base-ball grounds in the State, and has engaged Mike Kelley,the well known ball player, as manager of the local team.Here also has been located a public park appropriately length and forty feet in height. Both bridges and via-duct were constructed under the supervision of H. F.Coleman, of the Variety Iron Works, Cleveland. The power station measures 80 X 180 ft., and contains
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FIG. 2.—VIEWS ON THE LINE OF THE ALLEN TOWN & LEHIGH VALLEY TRACTION CO. called Central Park, with zoological and other attractions,which has proved an added stimulant to travel. We present on this page a group of engravings show-ing views along the line of route of the company. Thebridges span the Little Lehigh and Jordan Rivers, thelength of each span being 125 ft. They are of the Warrengirder type, and are used exclusively by the cars of theTraction Company. The Aineyville Viaduct is 864 ft. in two 750 h. p. Cooper-Corliss engines, one 300 h p. engineof the same type, and one 300 h. p. Hamilton-Corlissengine. The boiler equipment consists of five 150 h. p.,return tubular Cooper boilers, eight 150 h. p., return tubu-lar Phot-nix boilers and three 300 ir. p. Stirling boilers.Berryman heaters and Worthington pumps are used.Fig. 1 gives a view of the General Electric generatorsemployed. 43° THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. X. No. 7. The rails were furnished by the Johnson Compa

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