. The Street railway journal . boiler is capable of evaporat-ing 4600 lbs. of water per hour atnormal rating. At the back of eachboiler is a Sugden superheater, pro-vided with a by-pass to allow of itbeing cut out if necessary. Each sup-erheater has 190 sq. ft. of heating sur-face, and is tapable of superheating5000 lbs. of steam per hour 150 , at the boiler pressure of 160 are two Worthington steam-driven feed pumps, each capable ofdelivering 1400 gals, of water perhour to the boilers. The feed-waterheater was supplied by the WheelerCondenser Company; it has 150 of hea
. The Street railway journal . boiler is capable of evaporat-ing 4600 lbs. of water per hour atnormal rating. At the back of eachboiler is a Sugden superheater, pro-vided with a by-pass to allow of itbeing cut out if necessary. Each sup-erheater has 190 sq. ft. of heating sur-face, and is tapable of superheating5000 lbs. of steam per hour 150 , at the boiler pressure of 160 are two Worthington steam-driven feed pumps, each capable ofdelivering 1400 gals, of water perhour to the boilers. The feed-waterheater was supplied by the WheelerCondenser Company; it has 150 of heating surface, ard, with theexhaust steam from the auxiliary plant, will heat 2000 hour from 70 degs. to 200 degs. F. The condenser is asurface condenser of the Worthington make, and is operatedby a Blake-Knowles combined air and circulating pump. Thecondenser condenses 9000 lbs. of steam per hour, and willmaintain a vacuum of 26 ins. with the barometer at 30 pipework was supplied by Babcock & Wilcox, BOILER ROOM bracket-arm suspension, with double trolley wire and flexiblesuspension. The cables were supplied by Messrs. Henley, andare paper insulated, lead-covered, laid solid in woodentroughs. The power house is situated on the banks of the Dighty ENGINE ROOM The generating plant comprises two Belliss-Bruce Peebles200-kw traction sets, running at 400 r. p. m. The Ferrantiswitchboard used consists of two generators, one feeder andone Board of Trade panel. The lighting can be taken fromthe switchboard or be supplied by a separate Willans unit. May 12, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 765 The car house, which is situated at Milton, about one-halfmile from Monifieth and about 100 yds. from the main road,is a brick building with a slated steel roof. The length is 221ft., and width 36 ft. One end of the car house is occupiedby repair shop, paint shop, storeroom and smithy. There arethree pits, two of which are 135 ft. long, and one 170 ft. inlength; the three door
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