. Electric railway journal . VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH BOILER AND TURBINE R°OMS , For exact location see [] J RAILWAY SUBSTATION ^™IW °F THE CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAYS POWER PLANT NEAR TIGREtWA? Journal for Oct 5. 1918 648 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 15. A MODERN POWER PLANT NEAR BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA charged into the Rio Rosquetes, a small creek. Thecondenser shells are of cast iron and the tube plates areof rolled brass H in. thick. The tubes are f in. externaldiameter and are of solid drawn copper No. 18 S. W. blocks are fixed in the water chambers inmetallic contact w
. Electric railway journal . VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH BOILER AND TURBINE R°OMS , For exact location see [] J RAILWAY SUBSTATION ^™IW °F THE CENTRAL ARGENTINE RAILWAYS POWER PLANT NEAR TIGREtWA? Journal for Oct 5. 1918 648 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 15. A MODERN POWER PLANT NEAR BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA charged into the Rio Rosquetes, a small creek. Thecondenser shells are of cast iron and the tube plates areof rolled brass H in. thick. The tubes are f in. externaldiameter and are of solid drawn copper No. 18 S. W. blocks are fixed in the water chambers inmetallic contact with the tube plates. Centrifugal circulating pumps are used with bodiesof cast iron and impellers of gunmetal. The circulat-ing water pump motors are housed in a steel-frame,corrugated iron sheeted house erected on a woodenjetty projecting from the bank of the river. In ad-dition to the main circulating-pump motors the jettycarries a centrifugal pump capable of delivering 300gal. per minute against the head of 20 ft. or 95 supplies water through a 6-in. pipe either to thepurified water reservoir or direct to the storage tanksin the pump house. Two motor-driven air exhaustersare also located in the pump house, each capable of pro-ducing in three mi
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