The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 54.—Conveyor and Sorting-boxes. Delancey Slij). 151. Fig. 55.—Marketable Material Baled for Removal. \ . ..... J -—^ ^ ^*r^ ^i^V**-.^ -^. \^?^-^ ^m„£^gg^ ..^y. XT. !V. - • ^v;t.;tf ^^^1 ^ Fig. 56.—Conveyor Discharging on Platform over Furnaces. 153 PRACTICAL INCINERATION 155 thereto was designed for utilizing the heat to generate electricityfor lighting the bridge structure above. Fig. 51 shows the general arrangement of the plant. Theeast furnace contained two cells having a total grate surfaceof 74 square feet. The west furnace consisted of a single ce
The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 54.—Conveyor and Sorting-boxes. Delancey Slij). 151. Fig. 55.—Marketable Material Baled for Removal. \ . ..... J -—^ ^ ^*r^ ^i^V**-.^ -^. \^?^-^ ^m„£^gg^ ..^y. XT. !V. - • ^v;t.;tf ^^^1 ^ Fig. 56.—Conveyor Discharging on Platform over Furnaces. 153 PRACTICAL INCINERATION 155 thereto was designed for utilizing the heat to generate electricityfor lighting the bridge structure above. Fig. 51 shows the general arrangement of the plant. Theeast furnace contained two cells having a total grate surfaceof 74 square feet. The west furnace consisted of a single cellwith a double grate, having a total grate surface of 113 squarefeet (the area of the lower grate is not included in this estimate),and was designed by Mr. Fred. L. Stearns, of the Departmentof Street Cleaning. Both the furnaces were construe ed ofbrick, strongly tied together with buck-stays and rods. Theheat from each furnace was passed through two Stirling water-tubular boilers, each containing 1,890 square feet of effectivewater-heating surface. The heat could also be b
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