. Electric railway gazette . es upon which slides a triangular frame supporting aplatform, that can be raised or lowered to the desiredheight. The front of the ladder is hinged at the base tothe wagon, and at the top to the back support. By fold-ing in the latter the whole tower can be lowered so it willclear wires, or if necessary the height can be still furtherreduced by folding down the support at the back of thewagon, and telescoping the hand rail around the hoisting and lowering is effected by means of a winchset in the body of the wagon, the handle of which may beseen near t
. Electric railway gazette . es upon which slides a triangular frame supporting aplatform, that can be raised or lowered to the desiredheight. The front of the ladder is hinged at the base tothe wagon, and at the top to the back support. By fold-ing in the latter the whole tower can be lowered so it willclear wires, or if necessary the height can be still furtherreduced by folding down the support at the back of thewagon, and telescoping the hand rail around the hoisting and lowering is effected by means of a winchset in the body of the wagon, the handle of which may beseen near the front wheel. The winch has two drumsworked independently by means of a clutch on the handleshaft. The rope for raising the tower passes from thewinch over the pulley on top of the crane post, and isfastened to the top of the ladder; the platform rope passesover a guide pulley, up the back of the ladder and over apulley at the top, thence down to ihe platform. The plat-form is provided with hooks engaging with the rungs of. TOWER WAGON. the ladder to sustain it at the desired height. The wagonis 5 feet 6 inches wide, 5 feet high, and contains space forall the necessary tools of the line men. The platform is 7feet long and 2 feet wide, and is 24 feet high in the high-est position, and IS feet in the lowest. May 11, 1895. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 199 New Power House of the lexington Avenue CableRailway. The new power house for the Lexington avenue cableline of the Metropolitan Traction Company in New YorkCity is located between Fourth and Lexington avenues andextends through the block between 25th and 26th streets fora distance of 197^ feet. Its frontage on 25th street is 187feet and that on 26th street is 178 feet. It is seven storiesin height and is constructed of pink granite to the windowsills on the first floor, above which Pompeiian brick withterra cotta and granite trimmings is used. The windows on the first floor are 22 feet in height and17 feet in width. The ornaments b
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