. The Street railway journal . AM POWER STAT I chimney gases and temperature not exceeding 1500 deg. is equipped with an inside ladder and a three-point plati-num-tipped lightning rod which extends 5 ft. above the top ofthe chimney. The boiler feed pumps are located in the boiler room at thelevel of the firing floor and beneath a feed-water tank of 1740gallons capacity, which is mounted on a steel frameworkabout 10 ft. above the floor. The pumps were supplied byFairbanks, Morse & Company, of New York, and consist oftwo 10-in. x 654-in. x 10-in. outside-packed pot-valve pumps,each having a
. The Street railway journal . AM POWER STAT I chimney gases and temperature not exceeding 1500 deg. is equipped with an inside ladder and a three-point plati-num-tipped lightning rod which extends 5 ft. above the top ofthe chimney. The boiler feed pumps are located in the boiler room at thelevel of the firing floor and beneath a feed-water tank of 1740gallons capacity, which is mounted on a steel frameworkabout 10 ft. above the floor. The pumps were supplied byFairbanks, Morse & Company, of New York, and consist oftwo 10-in. x 654-in. x 10-in. outside-packed pot-valve pumps,each having a capacity of 150 gallons per minute at 50 minute piston speed. Each pump was built for opera-tion on full boiler pressure, and the sizes of the connectionsare: suction, 5 ins.; discharge, 4 ins.; steam supply, 2 ins.;steam outlet, 2J/z ins. The water cylinders were tested tightat 350 lbs. pressure per sq. in. The present generating equipment consists of two 500-kw,60-cycle, 2300-volt, two-pole, three-phase, 3600-r.
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