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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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side, the waste oil from the hearing is ledout into the crank-pin, and on the other side there are channelswhich convey it back to the bearings. Drip pans are provided ateach end under the crank disc, from which the oil is led to theAlter. The platforms about the machine are so arranged that any partcan be reached and inspected without any danger to the attendant.The stairs are not spiral, but bend slightly and are not very steep.mi that they are easily traversed, and the frame is very strong, tinoutlines, as seen from the illustration, being pleasing to the eye.The engine was built and installed by the Providence EngineeringWorks, of Providence, R. I. An Ornamental Bracket —— The handsome trolley bracket illustrated herewith is one of themany new designs made by the Creaghead Engineering Company.Cincinnati. Ohio, for export trade. The pole and arm are madeof standard steel tubing, the smaller ornaments being made ofmalleable iron. As seen from the illustration, double insulation
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A HANDSOA1E BRACKET is used between the trolley wire and the arm of the bracket. TheCreaghead Company has had great success with its ornamentalbrackets, its object having always been to combine strength withbeauty. A Novel Illuminated Fountain The electric illuminated fountain, illustrated on this page, opensa new field of attractions for trolley parks and other summer re-sorts. The original idea of combining tableaux vivants with adisplay of brilliantly illuminated falling water is one that has al-ready taken the fancy of the amusement-seeking public whereverit has been introduced. The fountain shown in the engraving occupies a central position in Heine Park, Kansas City. It is strongly illuminated by electriclights, whose color can be changed at will. The figure, which, ina first glance at the picture, would be taken for a statue, is in re-ality flesh and blood. While the fountain is in operation, therefore,various poses, or even dances, can be introduced, and the beau-

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