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Identifier: streetrailwayjo231904newy (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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SINGLE-TRACK CONSTRUCTION, WITH CATTLE GUARD ANDWARNING SIGN; PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAYFENCED ALONG HIGHWAY constructions to meet local conditions, and the results in thiscase, at least, are highly satisfactory. Throughout the wholelength of the double track the two contact-rails are fed by twoof these aluminum rods. The rods were received in 30-ft.lengths and joined together by 8-in. joints, by an hydraulic pressgiving a pressure of about 50 tons to the square inch. Theillustration on page 10 shows the manner in which the press wasused, it being mounted on a wooden truck, which was sup-
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ALUMINUM FEEDER RODS, BETWEEN DOUBLE TRACKS, EX-PANDED BY HEAT SO THAT THEY TOUCH IN FORE-GROUND; THEY ARE CROSSED FARTHER DOWN.SIGNAL POLE LINE AT RIGHT. ported and moved along on rollers resting on the contact-railand the outside track rail. At every other joint in the contact-rail the aluminum feederrod is tapped in. The top consists of an aluminum castingbored to fit the rod, with a piece of No. 0000 extra flexiblecopper cast into it, the whole being hydraulically squeezed intothe rod. The two ends of the flexible copper are soldered tothe ends of the rails at the joint, and the whole covered withasphaltum paint. In this manner every rail is bonded to thealuminum feeder; hence, a defective bond is not considered 10 serious. The odd joints of the contact-rail between the feedertaps are bonded with Chase-Shawmut bonds, these also beingpainted with asphaltum paint. The aluminum rod was laid toa temperature gage, loose on the insulators, as may be noticedin the views of the tra:k. Abo

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo231904newy
  • 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:24
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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