. Electric railway journal . ee inJpM J more under way. The //^tSAr Cleveland Railway will // ■nw continue the use of the If «r present sprinklered car- // kJB houses, but as the num- M m^^t ^er °f car yards increases Jjf n is probable that eventu- £g ally some of the build- er ings will be made over for other later standpipeStandard Nozzle equipments embody some important improvements,one being the substitution of reinforced concrete forsteel in the construction of the standpipe platform sup-ports and another being the use of an improved in the original form, the nozzle
. Electric railway journal . ee inJpM J more under way. The //^tSAr Cleveland Railway will // ■nw continue the use of the If «r present sprinklered car- // kJB houses, but as the num- M m^^t ^er °f car yards increases Jjf n is probable that eventu- £g ally some of the build- er ings will be made over for other later standpipeStandard Nozzle equipments embody some important improvements,one being the substitution of reinforced concrete forsteel in the construction of the standpipe platform sup-ports and another being the use of an improved in the original form, the nozzle platform is 20 ft. aboveground level and is reached quickly by means of a perma-nently attached iron ladder. Two set screws in the newnozzle permit the operator to adjust and lock it for themost effective angle, depending upon the location of thefire. One of the accompanying halftones shows how theoperator has set the nozzles to obtain streams at the desiredangles. The pump which supplies the monitor nozzles is started. Cleveland Fire Protection—Proposed Plan for Standpipes atHarvard Avenue Car Yard by means of a switch placed in a box on the platform at thebase of the nozzle, thus insuring the immediate operationof the pump and application of the water. The fire-protection equipment of the Harvard Avenuecar yard, which may be considered a typical installation, isshown in the accompanying plan. The yard is 750 ft. longx 454 ft. wide, including car inspection structure, offices and utilities buildings. The eighteen standpipes are locatedaround the yard at intervals of 90 ft. The standpipe nozzletips are iy% in. in diameter and the supply mains are of8-in. and 6-in. diameter. Two hydrants are also installedto reinforce the interior sprinkler protection of water supply is forced through the mains by a driven underwriters pump of centrifugal type,
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