Factory and industrial management . A COMPRESSED-AIR LOCOMOTIVE. Gauge 3 ft., storage pressure S50 lb., working pressure 3 30 lb. Weight 22,100 lb.; tractivepower (max.) 4797 lb. American Locomotive Co. places to compete with steam and electricity, it has a decided advan-tage over the others wherever there is any danger of fire, such as indangerous coal mines, powder mills, cotton mills, or wherever explo-sive or especialy inflammable materials are manufactured. Instead of an ordinary locomotive boiler these engines have ontor more storage tanks filled with air at a high pressure. It is stated
Factory and industrial management . A COMPRESSED-AIR LOCOMOTIVE. Gauge 3 ft., storage pressure S50 lb., working pressure 3 30 lb. Weight 22,100 lb.; tractivepower (max.) 4797 lb. American Locomotive Co. places to compete with steam and electricity, it has a decided advan-tage over the others wherever there is any danger of fire, such as indangerous coal mines, powder mills, cotton mills, or wherever explo-sive or especialy inflammable materials are manufactured. Instead of an ordinary locomotive boiler these engines have ontor more storage tanks filled with air at a high pressure. It is statedthat the plant required costs about the same as an electrical plant, butthat the cost of operation is less for the compressed-air engines cost from $2,500 to $3,000.
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