. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i. ^p\%^ ■k^o-o gravings, which show a section of theoutside wall of the pit and one of thepiers. These piers are spaced 5 ft. apartfrom center to center, and on top ofthem and on the inner edge are laidsteel I-beams 15 ins. deep and weighing42 lbs. to the foot. These girders aresecured to each pier, and at equal inter-vals along the outside walls by built-^pknees formed of angles and knees are securely anchored downby rods which pass into the concretefoundation of the pit. The t
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . i. ^p\%^ ■k^o-o gravings, which show a section of theoutside wall of the pit and one of thepiers. These piers are spaced 5 ft. apartfrom center to center, and on top ofthem and on the inner edge are laidsteel I-beams 15 ins. deep and weighing42 lbs. to the foot. These girders aresecured to each pier, and at equal inter-vals along the outside walls by built-^pknees formed of angles and knees are securely anchored downby rods which pass into the concretefoundation of the pit. The top of the minutes. We are indebted to the engineer-ing department of the P. & L. E., ofwhich Mr. J. A. Atwood is chief engi-neer and Mr. A. R. Rayner assistantchief engineer, for the information con-cerning this ash pit. Growing Popularity of Steam Turbines. That the steam turbine and turbo-gen-erator are destined to be one of thegreatest power developing and dis-tributing factors is evidenced by the 232 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER!XG Mav. 100^. number ol units of this type which have-been
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