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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.
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his wall is covered by a fireproofiron door. The engines and dynamos are mounted onbrick foundations, which are built up 12 ft. above theearths level, thus allowing a large, light basement floorunder the engine room proper. In this basement are lo-cated fireproof oil vaults, storerooms, machine shop andneatly furnished bedrooms for the use of the chief en-gineer and his assistants during emergencies. The coalcars are run on a trestle extending through the boilerroom, as shown in the first engraving, and dump the fueldirectly in front of the boilers. The mechanical equipment of this plant consists of 600-hp return tubular boilers, manufactured by the KeelerCompany, of Williamsport, Pa. The boilers are fed fromthirty-six 4-in. driven wells. All pumps and appliances inthe boiler room are of ample size and capacity. The en-gine equipment consists of two Hamilton Corliss singlecylinder, heavy-duty railway engines, directly belted to twoWescinghouse railway generators, the combined amperage
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METHOD OF CHANGING GAR of the two generators being 1000. A 75-hp Erie Ball en-gine drives a General Electric alternating machine, of 1200-light capacity, for the purpose of producing energy for theillumination of the companys pavilion, theater, etc., atNorfolk-on-the-Roads. The boiler, engine and dynamofoundations are piled, and the piling capped with 4 ft. ofconcrete, the same applying to all wall lines, and for 16 ft.outside of the same. This precaution was taken to providefoundation for additional machinery, which may be in-stalled from time to time, as the driving of additional pilesnear the wall lines would result in weakening the same.Water for condensing purposes is drawn from TannersCreek, 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 powe

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