. The Street railway journal . FIG. 31.—FUEL OIL PUMPS AND FEEDER PUMPS IN BOILER carried to the hot well through a 9-in. standard pipe. The twoboiler-feed pumps are of the Snow center-packed plunger type, FIG. 33.—STORAGE BATTERY SWITCHBOARD AND BOOSTER INMAIN POWER HOUSE. It is carried through a 14-in. cast-iron suction pipe to a double-suction centrifugal circulating pump, which is direct-driven byan 18-hp 500-volt Bullock motor. The two condensers are ofthe Wheeler surface condensing type, and have a capacity of200,000 lbs. of water an hour. Eight-inch inlet and outlet pipesare providing f
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 31.—FUEL OIL PUMPS AND FEEDER PUMPS IN BOILER carried to the hot well through a 9-in. standard pipe. The twoboiler-feed pumps are of the Snow center-packed plunger type, FIG. 33.—STORAGE BATTERY SWITCHBOARD AND BOOSTER INMAIN POWER HOUSE. It is carried through a 14-in. cast-iron suction pipe to a double-suction centrifugal circulating pump, which is direct-driven byan 18-hp 500-volt Bullock motor. The two condensers are ofthe Wheeler surface condensing type, and have a capacity of200,000 lbs. of water an hour. Eight-inch inlet and outlet pipesare providing for the circulating water. The air pump, of the 8 ins. x 5 ins. x 10 ins. in size, and have a 6-in. delivery to theeconomizer. The main boiler feed is a 4-in. pipe, and the mainsteam header is of 12-in. extra heavy pipe, with 6-in. and to the engines. An 18-in. free exhaust pipe is hot well was designed and constructed especially for thecompany. It is 8 ft. wide, 25 ft. long and 6 ft. 3 ins. high, and 278 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIIt. No. 8. is built of 3-in. x 12-in. redwood, no iron being used in its con-struction, except for the J^-in. wrought-iron tie-rods. The hotwell has a 9-in. inlet and a 7-in. steam pipe fittings
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