. The Street railway journal . ble, 2J/2 miles long,was laid from the Ballaglass power station toward Ramsey, tomaintain the pressure at the end of the line. The whole of thefeeder cable was 37-14, lead sheathed and armored (Callendersmake), and laid directly in the ground between the two was an underground telephone and pilot cable laid be-tween Laxey and Ramsey. Feeder pillars connecting the feeders to the overhead wireswere fixed about every half-mile along the route. The Douglas power station is situated at Portevada, about280 yds. from the Douglas terminus. The boiler house i
. The Street railway journal . ble, 2J/2 miles long,was laid from the Ballaglass power station toward Ramsey, tomaintain the pressure at the end of the line. The whole of thefeeder cable was 37-14, lead sheathed and armored (Callendersmake), and laid directly in the ground between the two was an underground telephone and pilot cable laid be-tween Laxey and Ramsey. Feeder pillars connecting the feeders to the overhead wireswere fixed about every half-mile along the route. The Douglas power station is situated at Portevada, about280 yds. from the Douglas terminus. The boiler house is astone building, 49 ft. 6 ins. x 42 ft.; the roof is of corrugated 360 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 10. iron, and one side of the building is closed with wood to allow for extension. The original plant consisted of three Lancashireboilers, built by Galloways, each boiler measuring 20 ft. longand 6 ft. in diameter; space was provided for one additionalboiler. There was a Mather & Piatt jet condenser, capable of. These plates to beplaced in the foundationwith the bosses down-ward. I^llllllllllill FIG. 7.—ROTARY CONVERTER condensing the steam from all four engines in the engine house,and there was also an underground tank holding 33,500 gals,adjoining the boiler house, from which the feed and circulatingwater was drawn; this tank was fed by two independentstreams. The stack was of iron on a concrete base, 12 ft. 7 ft. high. The shaft was 60 ft. high and 5 ft. in diameter. The engine room is also of stone, with a boarded roof, cov-ered with corrugated iron. The building contained three Gal-loway vertical compound engines, indicating 90 hp, at 150 r. and 120 lbs. steam pressure. The high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders measured 10 ins. and 20 ins. in diameter, re-spectively, with a stroke of 18 ins.; the fly-wheel measured The main steam pipes were of cast-iron, duplicate linesbeing supplied for each engine. Arrangements were madewhereby the engines co
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