. The street railway review . CHELSEA ST.^TION. below the ground floor level. Tlurc are 2,200 cu. yd. of concrete ineach foundation. The capacity of the huikliiig at load is k\v. On llii-;basis the cubic feet per kw. (including oflicc buililing) is i,V) ^nul lliesq. ft. per kw. is The steel frame of the building will be closed in willi brick :uidterra cotta; the roof and most of the floors will be concrete. In gen-eral details the building will be considered as a factory for the pru-duction of a connriodily, and (here will be no nrnanienlal (IK IKdIKKT
. The street railway review . CHELSEA ST.^TION. below the ground floor level. Tlurc are 2,200 cu. yd. of concrete ineach foundation. The capacity of the huikliiig at load is k\v. On llii-;basis the cubic feet per kw. (including oflicc buililing) is i,V) ^nul lliesq. ft. per kw. is The steel frame of the building will be closed in willi brick :uidterra cotta; the roof and most of the floors will be concrete. In gen-eral details the building will be considered as a factory for the pru-duction of a connriodily, and (here will be no nrnanienlal (IK IKdIKKTV. ell ICI^SICA STATION The south side of llic Ijuilding will couUiin .So vvaler-lulie lioilersarranged two stories high and carried directly on the steel frameof the building. Each boiler has S,2I2 sq. ft. of heating surface and672 .sq. ft. of superheating sin-face. The boilers will be piped in groupsof eight, each group supplying the steam for one electric generatingset and one feed pmup, there being no steam connections between theseveral groups except lliat a supplemeiUal header at the east end ofthe building is connected to two groups. This header supplies theexciter engines, air compressors, house pump, etc. Chain gratestokers under each boiler have 83 .sq. ft. of surface, Economizers with tubes 10 ft. long and placed wider apart thanihc usual practice are grouped behind the boilers, with the customarybye-pass flues ; 1,5,(0 sf| fi nf heating surface is provided for eachboiler 3V8 RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. Xlll, No 7- Holler iecUrrs arc placed uii the gr
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