. The Street railway journal . There are twelvehouses, including the repair and car shops, making the most ;—:ir^ .r ■ \ ,- :_ 1- ^ 4 h i^JLj^ ^ r ? r 1 r ■ B mil . i^^^^^^^^i^^u a^.^^y^ filllli ||i|i|||-|Ja , \. . K V ,■ II ■ - ^ gt ^^.tM—L. IS 1 \,) •» ...... 7nT]ii--rr-tiffliiFFSBI .4^, J -■■^- «»isaiiffigs^- -^iHHi WINDERMERE CAR HOUSE extensive installation of sprinklers ever ordered by a streetrailway company. It will be remembered that the first testsof automatic sprinklers for car house protection took place inCleveland, and the installations which have been perfected asthe results
. The Street railway journal . There are twelvehouses, including the repair and car shops, making the most ;—:ir^ .r ■ \ ,- :_ 1- ^ 4 h i^JLj^ ^ r ? r 1 r ■ B mil . i^^^^^^^^i^^u a^.^^y^ filllli ||i|i|||-|Ja , \. . K V ,■ II ■ - ^ gt ^^.tM—L. IS 1 \,) •» ...... 7nT]ii--rr-tiffliiFFSBI .4^, J -■■^- «»isaiiffigs^- -^iHHi WINDERMERE CAR HOUSE extensive installation of sprinklers ever ordered by a streetrailway company. It will be remembered that the first testsof automatic sprinklers for car house protection took place inCleveland, and the installations which have been perfected asthe results of these tests may now be regarded as standard. After- the first tests the company placed its entire contractsopen for competitive bidding, and the order was secured bythe General Fire Extinguisher Company, of Providence, The system of placing sprinklers between tracks of carhouses, which was demonstrated in the early Cleveland teststo be most desirable, was adopted for all of these WINDERMERE CAR HOUSE, SHOWING SIDE LINES AND NEWFIRE WALL the repair shops included. The extent of the Cleveland in-stallation may be seen from the following table .showing thenumber of roof and side sprinklers installed, the height andsize of tanks, etc. CLEVELAND FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT Roof Side Height, Capacity, Name Cars, Cap. Sprinklers Sprinklers Tanks Feet Clallons Windermere W 942 592 1 05 5l),llfJ(l Lake View shops 1,440 521 1 65 50,000 Wilson 54 742 440 1 75 50,000 Rocky River 64 1,030 700 1 75 40,000 Lorain 64 1,345 612 1 75 50,000 Hough 40 540 390 1 75 Cedar 72 90O 700 1 55 40,000 St. Clair 40 433 235 1 £5 40,000 Superior 60 550 450 1 75 50,001) W. Madison 40 282 346 1 65 30,000 S. Brooklyn 36 336 420 1 65 30,000 Miles Ave 80 795 800 2 75 35,000 The sprinkler heads are of the standard Grinnell type whichare fusible at a predetermined temperature. The roof andside sprinkler systems are connected separately, and there isa 6-in. riser to
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