. The Street railway journal . CAR HOUSE AND OFFICE 26 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. i. rent at 575 volts is delivered to the inverted rotary and is trans-formed into alternating current. It is then passed through thestep-up transformers and changed into three-phase current at13,200 volts, at v\diich it is sent out over three No. 5 copper. boiler room, taking exhaust steam from pumps and pipe work is designed for heavy pressure, and Schuttevalves are used on the steam lines. Smith-Vaile jet condensersand a 325-gallon fire pump were furnished by the Baker Engine& Machine
. The Street railway journal . CAR HOUSE AND OFFICE 26 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. i. rent at 575 volts is delivered to the inverted rotary and is trans-formed into alternating current. It is then passed through thestep-up transformers and changed into three-phase current at13,200 volts, at v\diich it is sent out over three No. 5 copper. boiler room, taking exhaust steam from pumps and pipe work is designed for heavy pressure, and Schuttevalves are used on the steam lines. Smith-Vaile jet condensersand a 325-gallon fire pump were furnished by the Baker Engine& Machine Company, of Philadelphia. CAR HOUSE, OFFICES, STOREROOM ANDSHOPS Near the power house is the general head-quarters, including the car house, containingfour tracks with a pit the entire length of onetrack, and another pit extending across allfour tracks near the front of the building, sothat cars on any track can be examined under-neath. It is of the same general design of fire-proof construction as the power house. Ad-joining this are the offices, store rooms andshops of the company. A view of the front ofthe car house is presented herewith, and also aplan of the structure showing the division ofspace and the general arrangement. The com- ^f^.. , ,,M,c_ _^ ^ 2500-GAL. SPRINKLING CAR 2 2r-t*j Work Shop Bikk tlat lavcJ flooi < lif
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