. The Street railway journal . IRD AVENUE POWER STATION 478 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 14. boiler being of 650-hp capacity, and the first installation willconsist of twenty-four boilers. These will be arranged oneach side of the building in two stories, six boilers beingplaced in each tier. The boilers are of the Babcock & Wil-cox type, made by the Aultman & Taylor Company, andwill have 6500 sq. ft. of heating surface each. There willbe no economizers in the first installation, but space willbe left for equipping the plant with tliem if desired in the The boilers will be equipped
. The Street railway journal . IRD AVENUE POWER STATION 478 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 14. boiler being of 650-hp capacity, and the first installation willconsist of twenty-four boilers. These will be arranged oneach side of the building in two stories, six boilers beingplaced in each tier. The boilers are of the Babcock & Wil-cox type, made by the Aultman & Taylor Company, andwill have 6500 sq. ft. of heating surface each. There willbe no economizers in the first installation, but space willbe left for equipping the plant with tliem if desired in the The boilers will be equipped with automatic stokers ofa type not yet decided upon. There will also be installed aforced-draft system in order that the steam plant may beoperated at its maximum capacity during rush hours. Thecoal and ash handling system will be most complete. Thefirst installation of coal conveying apparatus will be ca-pable of moving 125 tons of coal per hour, and provisionhas been made in the designs for duplicating this capacity. Slrfel R:iil«ay Journal PLAN OF NEW THIRD AVENUE POWER STATION future. The feed-water will be supplied by BulTalo pumpsand heated by enclosed feed-water, whose make is to bedecided later. There will be two stacks, one rising on each side of theboiler rooms. These stacks are of the self-supporting steeltype, with bride linings, and are to be 217 ft. in plan of the first floor, presented herewith, shows thearrangement of the boilers as it will be when the total ca-pacity of the station has been installed. At present, how-ever, the four units shown at the end of this floor and thecorresponding four units immediatelv above them will beomitted on the west end of the building. if desirable. All coal will be weighed before going to thecoal pockets. The ashes will be removed from the stationl)y cars operated by an electric locomotive. The engine room will contain at first but six 4000-hpgenerating units, placed in two rows of three each, leaving■>pace a
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