. The street railway review . VIEW OF POWER HOUSE FROM LONG STEEL BRIDGE. cted, and the crosshcad slides are also provided with water jacketsand suitable oil guards are bolted to bed plates covering the ex-ccntrics to prevent oil from coming in contact with pins are jA in. in. diameter and 7J/2 in. long. The crankshaft is 24 in. in diameter and is made of solid hammered balance-wheel of the engine is 20 ft. in diameter, 20/2 and weighs lb. The cranks arc all counter-balancedypc, pressed on the ^haft an<l keyed in place. The crank pins arcK2 in.


. The street railway review . VIEW OF POWER HOUSE FROM LONG STEEL BRIDGE. cted, and the crosshcad slides are also provided with water jacketsand suitable oil guards are bolted to bed plates covering the ex-ccntrics to prevent oil from coming in contact with pins are jA in. in. diameter and 7J/2 in. long. The crankshaft is 24 in. in diameter and is made of solid hammered balance-wheel of the engine is 20 ft. in diameter, 20/2 and weighs lb. The cranks arc all counter-balancedypc, pressed on the ^haft an<l keyed in place. The crank pins arcK2 in. in diameter ^ R^i in. long. Each engine is provided with an ekclrically operated synchro-nizing device controlled from the switchboard. Each engine isguaranteed to stand a 50 per cent, overload with changes in«tcam pressure from 160 to 123 lb., not varying 2 per cent, fromnormal speed. The electric speed controller has a rangecrcaler than thi* for placing the engines in parallel whenone is already in operation. Each engin


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