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Identifier: streetrailwayjo301907newy (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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lities for the handlingof the coal, which is dumped through an open trestle intoan extension of the boiler room floor on the outside of thebuilding into which it can be taken through suitable doorswhich have been provided for that purpose. August io, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 209 The power house, as illustrated in the accompanying former room. In addition to this, large windows are pro-engraving, is of pleasing design and is built of pressed vided on all sides of the plant. The roof of the building,brick and measures 105 ft. 10 ins. wide x 98 ft. 7 ins. long. which is covered by Bangor slate, is supported by means of PANORAMIC VIEW OF BUTLER It is divided longitudinally into the boiler and turbine a light steel framework, which in turn rests upon the brickrooms, which measure 49 ft. o in. and 52 ft. o in. in width walls of the power house. One end of the turbine room hasrespectively. Ample light and ventilation are afforded by been partitioned off into a toilet room provided with
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INTERIOR OF POWER STATION OF PITTSBURG & BUTLER RAILWAY means of a skylight which extends the entire length of theboiler and turbine rooms. The illumination at night is sup-plied by means of Nernst lamps, receiving their currentfrom step-down transformers in the high-tension trans- lockers and shower bath, while the remaining part forms thehigh-tension room for the raising transformers. The ceil-ing of these two rooms forms the floor of the high-tensionswitching gallery. A 30-ton Whiting crane serves the ma- 210 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXX. No. 6. chinery in the turbine room. This crane runs on a 50-lb.rail, supported upon a 35-in. steel girder, which is mountedupon brick pilasters forming a portion of the stationwalls. The foundations of the building are of concrete, the aver-

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo301907newy
  • 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:224
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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