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Identifier: electricrailwayr162amer (find matches)
Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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West Jersey & Seashore Railroad—Plan and Section of PowerHouse at Westville. protect the cable terminals. Those for single cable jumpersare of the round form and those for double cables of anelliptical shape, as shown. The third rail is anchored at intervals; this is accom-plished by means of metal clamps secured to the under fiangeof the rail in such a position as to engage the insulator oneither side. The third rails are arranged in such a mannerthat each track may be isolated from the other, but nor- November, 190fi. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 90:^ mally the third rails are electrically connected midway be- the third rail is protected by a wooden top and side guard. tween the substations through a combined switch and fusebox, thus obtaiiiing the combined conductivity of the thirdrails. There are also section insulators opposite each sub-station, so that in the event ot an accident on any part of
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West Jersey & Seashore Railroad—Plan and Section of TypicalSubstation. the system only a short section ot the third rail would bedead. The companys right of way is fenced in, and at allcrossings the fence turns in from the property lines to meetClimax cattle guards at the edge of the crossing. In thisway the public is prevented from reaching the third rail.At al! stations and in the Atlantic City and Camden yards Opposite all platforms the rail is further protected by aplank fastened to the side of the rail. It is interesting to note that the third-rail system hasbeen adopted at both terminal stations where there are anumber of platforms, and it will be interesting to engineersto learn that this system was adopted on the score of lessdifficulties being encountered in its installation than wouldhave been the case had an overhead trolley been erected. Bonding of Main Tracks. The bonding of the main track between Camden andAtlantic City was a work of great magnitude, which will bea

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  • bookid:electricrailwayr162amer
  • bookyear:1906
  • bookdecade:1900
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:American_Street_and_Interurban_Railway_Association
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • bookpublisher:Chicago___Wilson_Co
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:560
  • bookcollection:carnegie_lib_pittsburgh
  • bookcollection:americana
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