. The street railway review . CAR AT TOP OF THE INCLINE. pound T rail. A maximum grade of per cent con-tinues for 1550 feet, and about half way up the inclineGregory avenue is crossed on a level. This crossing is very unusual in the construction ofincline planes, and called for special construction, as itwas not permisible to use an open conduit, as vehiclesconstantly cross the line. A narrow conduit was there- THE LOWER TERMINUS. entangled in the moving cable as long as the ropesare exposed. The arrangement is clearly shown in theillustrations. Another novel device is the provision by wh
. The street railway review . CAR AT TOP OF THE INCLINE. pound T rail. A maximum grade of per cent con-tinues for 1550 feet, and about half way up the inclineGregory avenue is crossed on a level. This crossing is very unusual in the construction ofincline planes, and called for special construction, as itwas not permisible to use an open conduit, as vehiclesconstantly cross the line. A narrow conduit was there- THE LOWER TERMINUS. entangled in the moving cable as long as the ropesare exposed. The arrangement is clearly shown in theillustrations. Another novel device is the provision by which theconductor of each car is in constant communication withthe engineer by means of an electric signal wire whichwill be noticed in the illustration as extending along the. LOOKING UP THE GRADE. AT THE GREGORY STREET CROSSING. fore built in each track, formed of two Z iron beams 8inches deep, set 12^ inches apart, with an I beamextending parallel between and thus forming a doubleconduit in which two groove pulley wheels of 15 inchesdiameter are placed at intervals of 15 feet; the I beambeing cut away on the under side where necessary tomake room for the pulleys. The two cables on this outside of each track. A push button in the car strikesa gong in the engineers room, and a set of signals tostop, start, etc., enables the cars to run by Gregoryavenue when no passengers are to be taken or wire is carried on a Y shaped insulated support, inwhich the composition forked tips are set in glass insula-tors mounted on locust pins, the whole rising 10 inches (^Iaeetlf(ailw!a^ J^A/m/ 373
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