. The Street railway journal . a common separating wall. Theboiler house is 42 ft. long by 40^2 ft. wide, and 2>7lA ft- highto the center of the glass-sided monitor which extends its engine room is 54 ft. long by 44 ft. wide, and since it re-ceives ample light from its large windows, has an ordinarytimber-trussed gable roof, the center of which is 42^2 ft. fromthe floor, and the eaves 31^ ft. The floor level in the boilerhouse is about 10% ft. below that of the engine room, as indi-cated in the accompanying cross section. This arrangement hastwo advantages, it facilitates the coa
. The Street railway journal . a common separating wall. Theboiler house is 42 ft. long by 40^2 ft. wide, and 2>7lA ft- highto the center of the glass-sided monitor which extends its engine room is 54 ft. long by 44 ft. wide, and since it re-ceives ample light from its large windows, has an ordinarytimber-trussed gable roof, the center of which is 42^2 ft. fromthe floor, and the eaves 31^ ft. The floor level in the boilerhouse is about 10% ft. below that of the engine room, as indi-cated in the accompanying cross section. This arrangement hastwo advantages, it facilitates the coal handling and reduces thelength of the steam piping. From an opening into the engineroom a gallery extends between the boilers at about the centerof the room. This allows the engineer to keep watch of theconditions in the boiler room, and enables him to give hisfiremen instructions in case of an emergency. The steam generating outfit includes three Babcock &Wilcox boilers, containing 1508 sq. ft. of heating surface each,.
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