. The Street railway journal . WALKWAY AND GUIDE FOR PLOW AT THE ENDS OF THE PITTRACKS. THE DOOR OPENINGS IN THE BACKGROUNDARE THE ENTRANCES TO THE REPAIR SHOP. VIEW IN THE REPAIR SHOP, SHOWING THE METHOD OFSUPPORTING THE TRACK ON CONCRETE PIERS fire hose, and hand fire extinguishers are placed on thewalls at frequent intervals. LIGHTING AND WIRING General illumination is effected by 16-cp incandescentlamps, there being 832 such lamps in the building. In addi- tion, 5 arcs on a 600-volt circuit illuminate the loop area-way. There is not an exposed wire in the building; allare run in conduit, p
. The Street railway journal . WALKWAY AND GUIDE FOR PLOW AT THE ENDS OF THE PITTRACKS. THE DOOR OPENINGS IN THE BACKGROUNDARE THE ENTRANCES TO THE REPAIR SHOP. VIEW IN THE REPAIR SHOP, SHOWING THE METHOD OFSUPPORTING THE TRACK ON CONCRETE PIERS fire hose, and hand fire extinguishers are placed on thewalls at frequent intervals. LIGHTING AND WIRING General illumination is effected by 16-cp incandescentlamps, there being 832 such lamps in the building. In addi- tion, 5 arcs on a 600-volt circuit illuminate the loop area-way. There is not an exposed wire in the building; allare run in conduit, provided with condulets for outlets atthe lamps. Lighting current is obtained from the city sys-tem through 2300-volt mains which are connected to trans-formers in the basement. Throughout the building thethree-wire system with no volts between outside and neu-tral wires is employed. A rather ingenious method of in-stalling the lamps for generaf|plumination was conduits are tied to the ^ider side of the sprinklerline, and the lamps are placed 25 ft. apart in it be necessary to repair^the sprinkler line, the con-duit may be dr
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