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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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riters haveguaranteed a reduction in fire insurance rates which, at the costof installing the entire apparatus, will pay for the sprinklers,compressors and tanks at all the plants in approximately fiveyears, neglecting the single item of maintenance. The UnitedTraction Company has contracted with the General Fire Ex-tinguisher Company, of Providence, R. I., to install the com- as this building has a concrete roof, and the ceiling sprinklershave been omitted. In all cases the side lines will be placedabout 8 ft. above the car house floor, in line with the top ofside windows of the cars. Owing to the general construction of the buildings, the ceil-ing sprinkler heads have been spaced so that each one coversapproximately 70 sq. ft. The aisle sprinklers are placed not over 7 ft. apart midwaybetween cars, and where cars are over 4 ft. apart two lineshave been put in. At each of the four plants the 25,000-gal. tank will be placedoutside of the building on a steel tower 75 ft. high. From the
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MAINS FOR SPRINKLER LAYOUT, NORTH ALBANY PLANT, UNITED TRACTION COMPANY plete systems, including, in addition to the Grinnell automaticsprinklers, the tanks, hydrants, underground piping and post-indicator valves controlling each branch into the buildings. The installation in the Lansingburg buildings includes a wetand dry-pipe system of 2674 Grinnell automatic sprinklers, andfire extinguishing apparatus distributed on the ceiling of thecar house proper, on the ceiling of the loft and between thetracks on side line piping placed about 8 ft. above the car housefloor. Grinnell sprinkler heads will also be placed in the engineroom and boiler room at this plant. The North Albany plant includes 1920 sprinkler heads, andthe Albia plant 661 heads, properly distributed in the ceilingand on the side lines between the tracks. The Quail Streetplant will have 725 heads, placed for the most part on side lines, tank in each case a 6-in. pipe connection runs to the system ofunderground piping consti

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