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Identifier: streetrailwayjo181901newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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eek, through a 15-in. iron pipe line, the lift being about6 ft. at low water, and 4 ft. at high tide. The business ofthe company has developed to such an extent that addi-tional power generating machinery will be installed duringthe coming fall. The car house is located directly opposite the powerhouse, being a frame building 70 ft. x 350 ft., with a stor-age capacity for the entire equipment. Store rooms andmachine shop are attached to the main building. In thecar house there is over 700 ft. of pit room, thus allowingevery facility for the inspection and maintenance of thetrucks, motors, etc. In the construction of this companys line strong oppo-sition was encountered from the Norfolk & Western 247 against crossing five tracks of that company at grade, theresult being that the company constructed a double trackoverhead crossing, 1000 ft. long, the grade over same be-ing a decimal less than 5 per cent. The line is well cop-pered, and as the trains usually approach the trestle at a
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GONVERTIBLE GAR—OPEN rate of speed approximating 12 miles per hour, little dif-ficulty is encountered in surmounting the grade. In the construction of the line it was necessary to do aconsiderable amount of piling and trestle work, the mostconspicuous example of which is the drawbridge overTanners Creek, an illustration of which accompanies thisarticle. This structure is 2000 ft. long, and consists ofdouble-track electric railroad, and a 20-ft. driveway along-side. The entire structure is built as one section, with norailing between the driveway and the tracks, and is covered

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo181901newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:262
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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