. The street railway review . TRIUMPHAL BRIDGE. on the west. Electricity, and Machinery and TransportationBuildings, with the entrance to the Midway just north of Elec-tricity Building. To our readers, the Machinery and Transpor-tation, the Electricity Buildings and the Railway Terminal Build- Jl-xe 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 333 ing in the extreme northern portion of the gronnds, will be ofspecial interest, for these three buildings practically allthe exhibits illustrative of developments in the street railwaytransportation industry. Electricity Building covers an area of 75,0
. The street railway review . TRIUMPHAL BRIDGE. on the west. Electricity, and Machinery and TransportationBuildings, with the entrance to the Midway just north of Elec-tricity Building. To our readers, the Machinery and Transpor-tation, the Electricity Buildings and the Railway Terminal Build- Jl-xe 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 333 ing in the extreme northern portion of the gronnds, will be ofspecial interest, for these three buildings practically allthe exhibits illustrative of developments in the street railwaytransportation industry. Electricity Building covers an area of 75,000 sq. ft,, the struc-ture being 150 x 500 ft. It contains complete displays of recent. LAKE FROM THE FRONT,developments in electrical science, extensive exhibits of the new-est electric vehicles, the latest types of dynamos and motors,and here popular lessons will be given upon the various uses ofelectricity. In one corner are transformers of 5,000 h, p. capacitywhich receive and transform the current as it comes from theFalls, prior to its distribution about the grounds for lighting andother purposes. South of Electricity Building is Machinery and TransportationBuilding, 350 X 500 ft., and covering nearly four acres. Hereare the exhibits of heavy machinery for performing innumerableoperations, stationary engines, boilers, road vehicles, models andphotographs of locomotives, cars, railroad appliances, etc. This
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