. Electric railway journal . rods as illustrated, with a25-in. clearance from the wall to the head. A 6-in. con-nection with the street main supplements the line to thepower plant. Twenty-three wired-glass monitors areprovided on the roof and each is equipped with twosprinkler heads, five being provided in a tower abovethe sand pit. A ventilator surmounts each monitor atone end of the latter. Drainage arrangements are provided so that carscan be washed in any part of the carhouse. Theinterior illumination is provided by the monitors, sup-plemented by 56-watt incandescent lamps in the pits anda
. Electric railway journal . rods as illustrated, with a25-in. clearance from the wall to the head. A 6-in. con-nection with the street main supplements the line to thepower plant. Twenty-three wired-glass monitors areprovided on the roof and each is equipped with twosprinkler heads, five being provided in a tower abovethe sand pit. A ventilator surmounts each monitor atone end of the latter. Drainage arrangements are provided so that carscan be washed in any part of the carhouse. Theinterior illumination is provided by the monitors, sup-plemented by 56-watt incandescent lamps in the pits andalong the walls. Near the entrance the main feed forboth lighting and power service is carried through aninclosed fuse to a distributing board equipped with mainlighting and power switches and forty-eight snapswitches for local lighting circuits, each being providedwith a 5-amp. inclosed fuse and mounted on a slatepanel 7 ft. long and 18 in. wide. The snap switches areof the Hart indicating type and control the circuits lead-. BAY STATE CARHOUSE—INTERIOR VIEW, SHOWING SPRINKLER LOCATION 200 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 5
Size: 2119px × 1179px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
