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Identifier: streetrailwayjo221903newy (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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INTERIOR OF CONVERTIBLE CAR crown piece at the front end, 4 ft. 8l/3 ins. Width over sills,7 ft. io1/ ins., and over posts at belt, 8 ft. 2 ins. The trucksare Brill No. 27-F, with 33-in. wheels and 4-ft. wheel base.Four 5hp motors are used per car. SPECIAL OVERHEAD CROSSING The Electric Tramway Company, of Birmingham, England,has from time to time designed and manufactured numerousspecial overhead fittings to suit the more onerous conditions ofEnglish Board of Trade requirements. In the construction ofmany of these appliances much ingenuity has been exhibited.The accompanying illustration shows a multiple-overheadcrossing that this company has just made for the NottinghamCorporation. I bis crossing has been put up in the market
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SPECIAL OVERHEAD FROG place, where the traffic is very congested and the overheadwires cross in several directions. It was made in five sections,but when fitted together formed a solid cross-over, under whichthe trolley wheel ran very smoothly, with a barely perceptibleclick. Other wires run parallel to the main lines of thecrossing, there being altogether about thirty frogs and cross-ings at this spot. PNEUMATIC REVOLVING CRANES The extensive use of pneumatic revolving cranes by streetrailways has led the Garry Iron & Steel Company, of Cleveland,Ohio, to build cranes of this type to meet the wants of streetrailways. These cranes are made in two forms, called Band C. Form B, which is shown in Fig. 1, has a capacity of 1000lbs., 7-ft. reach, and 12-ft. 6-in. hook lift. The total heightfrom the rail to the top of boom is 10 ft. 2 ins. Form C cranes are similar to Form B, but are designedfor larger capacities, being made for 2000 lbs., 3000 lbs., 4000lbs., 6000 lbs., 8000 lbs. and 10

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo221903newy
  • 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:59
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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