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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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STANDARD 28-FT. MOTOR CAR, CUBAN ELECTRIC CO. gineering Company. The boiler equipment consists ofone battery, 400 hp, of Cahall vertical boilers furnishedthrough Thayer & Company. The power-station build-ing is of steel construction, and was furnished by the Rit-ter-Conley Company. Two iron tanks are used, having acapacity of 10,000 gals., for the purpose of supplying thewater for condensing purposes, these tanks being con-nected to the roofs of the buildings by drips, so as to catchthe rainwater. ing, was caused by throwing over the track after the acci-dent occurred, in order to clear the line. The car itself wasbut slightly injured. The accompanying illustration was furnished by J. B.Crankshaw, engineer of the road. Street Car Building (Stephenson Practice.) An Accident on the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg- & AuroraStreet Railway BY CHARLES HENRY DAVIS, C. E. The accompanying illustration shows an accident whichtook place on July 4 on the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg &
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ACCIDENT NEAR AURORA Aurora Street Railway, caused by the breaking of a flangeon the outside front wheel of the rear truck. The piece of VII.—Assembling—( Continued)In the July issue of the Street Railway Journal wegave the details of the bodies for our two standard cars,namely, the Boston (closed) and theBrooklyn (open). Tables Nos. 35 and 36give respectively the details of roofs forthe standard cars, while Plates VII. andVIII. illustrate the various parts. As intables Nos. 31, 32, 33 and 34, each distinctpart of the roof is described, giving thematerial, the general dimensions, howmade, on what tools and how assembled,all in consecutive order as each car is builtin the shop. In using these tables theyare to be read across the page, line by line,as in the case of any book. In Column 1the numerals indicate, in consecutiveorder, the number of distinctive pieces;where a letter follows the numeral it in-dicates another operation, but not anotherdistinctive piece. Letters in Column 4a

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