. The street railway review . 6-10 when workint^ at max-imum effort, which is 600-horse-power. There will be six of these engines used, each belteddirect to a 200,000 Watt Generator, and the ultimatecapacity of the plant will be 4,000-horse-power. Steam is lead into the high pressure cylinder througha 6-inch pipe, and exhausts to a lo-inch pipe, whilethe exhaust which leads to the condensers is of ^ 12-inch diameter. To supply these mammothengines with steam, will require 12 vertical Cor-liss Boilers which will have each a diameter of 84inches and a heating surface of 2010 square boi
. The street railway review . 6-10 when workint^ at max-imum effort, which is 600-horse-power. There will be six of these engines used, each belteddirect to a 200,000 Watt Generator, and the ultimatecapacity of the plant will be 4,000-horse-power. Steam is lead into the high pressure cylinder througha 6-inch pipe, and exhausts to a lo-inch pipe, whilethe exhaust which leads to the condensers is of ^ 12-inch diameter. To supply these mammothengines with steam, will require 12 vertical Cor-liss Boilers which will have each a diameter of 84inches and a heating surface of 2010 square boiler has 33 square feet of grate surface The entire mechanical construction throughout will beof the very best, and that most approved by leadingengineers of the present day, and the power-house whencomplete will afford a fine illustration of the high order ofmechanical engineering required and adopted by the elec-tric railways of the country. The street car barns of the Parkersburg, W. Va., roadburned, with a loss of $3, ^=*?^t
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