. The Street railway journal . BOILER ROOM posts. The roof of the high-tensiontower is composed of 3-in. terra-cotta book tile, and the partition wallsin the tower are also constructed ofterra-cotta tile. The walls of the build-ing are 1 ft. 5 ins. thick. The generalarrangement of the power plant andimportant details are shown in dia-grams and half-tones reproduced here-with. BOILERS Owing to the use of crude oil as fuelthe boilers are set facing the engineroom, thus placing the boiler roomunder the direct observation of theengineer, and, at the same time, pro-viding space in the rear of the b
. The Street railway journal . BOILER ROOM posts. The roof of the high-tensiontower is composed of 3-in. terra-cotta book tile, and the partition wallsin the tower are also constructed ofterra-cotta tile. The walls of the build-ing are 1 ft. 5 ins. thick. The generalarrangement of the power plant andimportant details are shown in dia-grams and half-tones reproduced here-with. BOILERS Owing to the use of crude oil as fuelthe boilers are set facing the engineroom, thus placing the boiler roomunder the direct observation of theengineer, and, at the same time, pro-viding space in the rear of the boilerroom for the later addition of fueleconomizers, should this prove de-sirable. There are three Babcock & Wilcoxwater-tube boilers of the vertical-header type, each containing 2646 of heating surface, and consistingof twelve sections of twelve , 16 ft. long, and two steam and BOILER FEED-WATER PUMPS; FEED-WATER HEATERS, ANDFUEL-OIL CIRCULATING PUMPS IN POWER HOUSE water drums, 36 ins. in diameter. Two o
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