. Electric railway review . s stationary, thetractive effort being exerted by motors on the moving vehi-cles. The alignment approximates the perpendicular. Whencompleted this extraordinary railway will convey touriststhrough mid-air up to the Gleckstein Club huts, situated7,695 feet above sea level. October. l!i ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 613 EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, SCIOTO VALLEYTRACTION COMPANY. In the Street Railway Review for September, 1904, wedescribed the third rail system of the Scioto Valley TractionCompany, so far as then completed, and at that time com-])rising .jS miles of track.
. Electric railway review . s stationary, thetractive effort being exerted by motors on the moving vehi-cles. The alignment approximates the perpendicular. Whencompleted this extraordinary railway will convey touriststhrough mid-air up to the Gleckstein Club huts, situated7,695 feet above sea level. October. l!i ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 613 EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, SCIOTO VALLEYTRACTION COMPANY. In the Street Railway Review for September, 1904, wedescribed the third rail system of the Scioto Valley TractionCompany, so far as then completed, and at that time com-])rising .jS miles of track. The extension from Circleville trie transformers. steiJiiiiiK down from the line potentialof 27,000 volts to 375 volts for the rotaries. In the substation at Circleville are several interestingconstruction details. The building is of brick with a tileroof supported by steel trusses and purlins. The foundationsfor the building walls and machinery are of concrete. Thereis no basement, but a pocket extending under the rotaries. Scioto Valley Traction Company—Combined Freight and Passenger Depot and Substation. to Chillicothe, a distance of 20 miles, was built the follow-ing year and was opened tor operation August 27, 1905. Theconstruction is similar to that of the lines first built, thetrack being laid with 70-aound rails of A. S. C. E. section in30-foot lengths, using oak ties 6 by 8 inches by 8 feet. Th^third rail is of 100-pound T section in 60-foot lengths, sup-ported on vitrified clay insulators at intervals of 10 feet,the ties which carry the insulators being 6 by 8 inches by 10feet. This line is exceptionally well built and ballastel,3,000 cubic yards of gravel per mile being used for the operation of this extension three substations and connecting with the switching side of the station, servesfor wiring and drainage purposes. The Interior of thestructure is not subdivided and there is but one entrance,a sliding door on the track side. The building is 57 feet
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