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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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e stoker hoppers, orinto the special chutes for delivery to the conveyor system inthe basement, if necessary. Valves are provided at the bunkeroutlets for admitting the coal to the chute, which are operatedby chains running to the floor, as shown. THE STACK The stack provided is of interesting construction in that itis of the self-supporting steel type, 200 ft. high, with a solid fire-brick lining extending the entire height, and also in thatit has an admirable arrangement of reinforcing around the flueopenings. The details of the stack, as well as also of thefoundation, are presented in the accompanying drawings. Asmay be noted, it has a clear opening of 11 ft. throughout; thelining is of radial blocks of fire-brick. Fifty-eight of the Ray-mond concrete piles are used for the support of the stack; thefoundation rests upon the piles at a depth of 12 ft. 6 ins. belowgrade level, extending to 5 ft. 6 ins. above grade. Upon thisthe stack rests directly, being held down by sixteen 2j^-in.
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August 6, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL.. bolts, which are 20 ft. 6 ins. long, extending to the bottom ofthe foundation. Special bolt connections for anchoring thestack to the foundation are provided, as shown in the detailview; these connections are very heavily constructed of struc-tural shapes, and riveted to the lower portion of the stack, as in-dicated. The details of the reinforcement around the flue open-ings are also made clear in the detail view. Another interest-ing feature of the stack is the special cap construction, which isalso clearly shown in an additional view. This stack is beingerected by S. Freeman & Sons Manufacturing Company, Ra-cine, Wis. BOILER AUXILIARIESThe boilers are fed by two horizontal duplex feed pumpsfurnished by the International Steam Pump Company. These ticularly in view of the use of a vacuum heater in connectionwith a turbine plant. Both wet and dry vacuum pumps areused in connection with the condenser, the wet vacuum pumpbeing of the centrifu

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