. The street railway review . eralElectric generator. One 350-h. p. high speed compound condensing engine, with cylin- Dec. 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 881 ders 14 and 24 in. by 16 in. stroke, belted to a 200-kw. GeneralElectric generator. One 400-h. p. Corliss compound condensing engine, with cylinders12 and 22 in. by 42 in. stroke, direct connected to one 25o-k\v. Gen-eral Electric generator. Steam is supplied by two batteries of water tube boilers, B. &W. t>pe, each battery rated at 640 h. p. and now working at 115 There is a space in the boiler room for a total of 1,5
. The street railway review . eralElectric generator. One 350-h. p. high speed compound condensing engine, with cylin- Dec. 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 881 ders 14 and 24 in. by 16 in. stroke, belted to a 200-kw. GeneralElectric generator. One 400-h. p. Corliss compound condensing engine, with cylinders12 and 22 in. by 42 in. stroke, direct connected to one 25o-k\v. Gen-eral Electric generator. Steam is supplied by two batteries of water tube boilers, B. &W. t>pe, each battery rated at 640 h. p. and now working at 115 There is a space in the boiler room for a total of 1,500h. p. of boilers. The remaining equipment includes feed waterheaters, two boiler feed pumps, and one underwriters fire pump forsupplying the sprinkler system in the car bam. The station is fitted with the Holly return system. The power plant is a substantial structure of brick with granitetrimmings and steel trussed roof. The engine room is equipped witha is-ton traveling crane furnished by Manning, Maxwell & PLAN OF CAR 882 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 12. which has proved very useful in the work of erecting engines andgenerators. The switchboard is at one end of the room on a raisedgallery commanding a view of the entire engine room, and reachedby easy steps as shown. A feature is the large windows extendingfrom the ground nearly to the roof, and fitted with removable sash,making them practically doors that will be convenient when it isnecessary to install new machinery. The building, including theentire area of the basement of the engine room, rests upon 7 ft. ofPortland cement concrete, which will make possible the replacementof the present engines by large direct connected units as soon as thetraffic will justify the outlay. The piping has been carefully designed for high economy and sta- bility, and extra heavy fittings, valves, and pipes were used whereverhigh pressure steam is required. The usual number of main feedwater heaters and one
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