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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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e, which will make possible the replacementof the present engines by large direct connected units as soon as thetraffic will justify the outlay. The piping has been carefully designed for high economy and sta- bility, and extra heavy fittings, valves, and pipes were used whereverhigh pressure steam is required. The usual number of main feedwater heaters and one large auxiliary heater are arranged to heatthe feed water with the exhaust steam from all engines and pumps,and the piping is so designed as to permit any heater to be by-passedor cut out if necessary, and the feed water can be led through anyone or all of the heaters, or direct into the boilers if required. A 1,000-gallon underwriters fire pump is situated in the annexof the boiler room and supplies the hydrant system in the yard andthe sprinkler system in the car barn, adjacent. The pump is ar-ranged with suction from the condenser well, and draws water froma large tank in the yard which is supplied with water from the river.
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PI<AN OF POWER HOUSE, WAREHAM—NEW BEDFORD & ONSET STREET RY, Dec. is. 1901.) STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 883 There is also a smaller tank on the roof of the car barn for insuringpressure at all times in the sprinkler pipes. The flow of water tothe hydrants and the sprinklers is, controlled by valves in the yard.The whole layout of this piping plan is indicated in the linedrawing. The chimney, which is 130 ft. high and 7 ft. in diameter at thebase. w.Ts built by the .Mplions Ciistodus Chimney Construction ^ .^^ •• •* i ■ ^-iJESH^^^^^^^^I INTERIi-)R or u ANEH AM POWER STATION. Co., of Xew York, and is a special design used largely abroad andof late meeting with favor in this country. This entire plant was designed by E. H. Kitfield, of Boston, andwas built under hi.s supervision by the J. W. Bishop Co., of Worces-ter, Mass. Car Barn at Wareham. The car house is a brick building adjoining the power house. Theinterior arrangement is clearly set forth in the accompanying illus-

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