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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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t of this is to make the sprinkler appear as much as possible like an ordinary car inorder to avoid frightening horses. As will be seen, the closed body, like that of a box car, is put over the tank with hoois which extend over theplatforms. Access to the interior is obtained by a pair of large doors 24 inches wide, which are hinged at the sills These doors drop down whenopen, as is shown in the engraving. The tanks are fitted with the usual manhole at the top. When it is so desired we can put a canopy over the opensprinklers so as to protect the men from the sun. The dimensions of the Standard Sprinklers illustrated are as follows : Lentrth on end sills 16 feet Height over highest point 11 feet Wheel base To meet any requirements Weight, empty, without motors 12,600 pounds Dimension of wheels 33 Inches Weight, with two motors and tank filled with water...32,000 pounds Height to under side of sill I27 inches 200 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. THE GENERAL ELECTRICCOMPANY OF NEW YORK, U. S. A.
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View of the Schenectady Works Principal Offices: Schenectady, N. Y. SALES OFFICES: BOSTON, MASS., 200 Summer Street. Nashville, Term., Room 73, Cole Building. NEW YORK, N. Y., 44 Broad Street. CHICAGO, ILL., Monadnocfc Block. Syracuse, N. Y., Sedgewick, Andrews & Kennedy Bldg. Detroit, Mich., 704 Chamber of Commerce Building. Buffalo, N. Y, Ellicott Square Building. St. Louis, Mo., Wainwright Building. PHILADELPHIA, PA., 2J4 South Eleventh Street. Dallas, Texas, Scollard Building. Baltimore, Md., Continental Trust Building. Butte, Mont., 47 East Broadway. Pittsburgh, Pa., 502 Tradesmens Bank Building. Minneapolis, Minn., Phoenix Building. ATLANTA, GA., Empire Building. DENVER, COLO., Kittredge Building. New Orleans, La., 917 Hennen Building. Salt Lake City, Utah, 25 E. First South Street. CINCINNATI, OHIO, Perin Bldg., Fifth and Race Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., Claus Spreckels Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio, 310 New England Building. Los Angeles, Cal., Douglas Building. Columbus, Ohio, 14 No

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