. Electric railway journal . New Bedford Carhouse—Pool Room The carhouse is equipped with 1251 sprinkler heads of theGrinnell type, installed by the General Fire ExtinguisherCompany, of Providence, R. I. The lower floor is equippedmainly with the dry pipe system, the wet pipe system be-ing installed on the second story. City water is used in thisservice, and a 20,000-gal. storage tank installed 36 ft. abovethe roof provides the necessary storage and pressure regu-lation. The tank is connected by a 6-in. pipe with the citymain, and the distributing system is supplied through asimilar pipe. The
. Electric railway journal . New Bedford Carhouse—Pool Room The carhouse is equipped with 1251 sprinkler heads of theGrinnell type, installed by the General Fire ExtinguisherCompany, of Providence, R. I. The lower floor is equippedmainly with the dry pipe system, the wet pipe system be-ing installed on the second story. City water is used in thisservice, and a 20,000-gal. storage tank installed 36 ft. abovethe roof provides the necessary storage and pressure regu-lation. The tank is connected by a 6-in. pipe with the citymain, and the distributing system is supplied through asimilar pipe. The heads are installed on the average about10 ft. apart and about 20 ft. above the floor. No aislesprinklers are used, but the customary automatic alarmservice and subdivision of sections through appropriately. New Bedford Carhouse—View of Entrance to Typical Bay; Dry Valves and Sprinkler System 16-cp lamps installed in a 22-in x 36-in. reflector whose bot-tom is carried 4 ft. above the table. Electric clock serviceis used throughout the carhouse and shops. OTHER EQUIPMENT The minor apparatus in the carhouse includes an electricalwind-direction indicator, connected through suitable resist-ances and contacts with a weather vane on the roof of the labeled valves is employed. A view is shown of a repre-sentative dry valve installation. All the lighting of the building is supplied from the rail-way companys circuits, there being 1370 lamps in the car-house, the greater part being 23-watt tungsten lamps. Onthe lower floor are installed 765 lamps, including those usedin pit lighting. Pit lamps are installed 3 ft. 6 in. above the 298 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 8. floor and 36 in. apart, there being forty lights per pit, ortwenty on each side. Single lamps for general interiorillumin
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