. American engineer and railroad journal . ith the locomotive Columbia by the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks. This is the engine that was exhibited at the WorldsFair in 1893, and it is expected to be used as a laboratory loco-motive on a plan similar to those carried out by ProfessorGoss at Purdue University, and by the Chicago & North-western Railway at its Chicago shops. The liberality of theBaldwin people will be appreciated by all who are interested inthe subject of transportation by rail. The engine is a Vauclain Compound, designed by Mr. S. It is one of a group of exceedingly valuab
. American engineer and railroad journal . ith the locomotive Columbia by the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks. This is the engine that was exhibited at the WorldsFair in 1893, and it is expected to be used as a laboratory loco-motive on a plan similar to those carried out by ProfessorGoss at Purdue University, and by the Chicago & North-western Railway at its Chicago shops. The liberality of theBaldwin people will be appreciated by all who are interested inthe subject of transportation by rail. The engine is a Vauclain Compound, designed by Mr. S. It is one of a group of exceedingly valuable machinesrecently given to the mechanical engineering department. Worthington has presented, in memory of his father, somehydraulic machinery valued at $20,000. Besides pumps of nota-ble capacity, his gift includes accumulators, meters and facili-ties for measuring the flow of water and the verification of for-nulas and constants. William W. AUis, of Milwaukee, has alsocontributed valuable machinery as a memorial to his SHEFFIELD STANDPIPE NO. 6. A new staudpipe or water column has been introduced bythe Sheffield Car Company, of Three Rivers, Mich., which isillustrated by the accompanying engraving. The . objectstoward which these manufacturers have worked in all oftheir water eoluinns are a spout that may be moved verticallyand horizontally, a protection of tUe coluiuu from injury by The Sheffield Improved Standpipe No. 6. is a very small one. ihe construction of the valve chamberis such as to permit the removal of the valve entirely by tak-ing off the head of the casing. The cylinder is lined witlibrass and is not liable to corrosion, and the valve is providedwith a rubber seat to secure tightness under all pressuresused. The joint in the delivery arm of the pipe Is of prepared to resist the action of cold weather. Thevertical adjustment accommodates varying heights of tenders,and there is no drip from the end of this pipe to cause icytracks.
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