. The Street railway journal . valley. It has become a popularresort for the towns of Lancaster, Columbia, Marietta andother towns reached by electric lines. Some of the engineering features of the Columbia &Donegal road are quite interesting. One of these is thelong bridge and trestle built over the Chickies Creek, andshown in Fig. 1. This is 960 ft. in length, and where itcrosses the creek is thirty-two feet high. It was con-structed of North Carolina pine. The power station, which is located on CommerceStreet, Columbia, is of brick, and has two stacks eachsixty-five feet in height. The engi
. The Street railway journal . valley. It has become a popularresort for the towns of Lancaster, Columbia, Marietta andother towns reached by electric lines. Some of the engineering features of the Columbia &Donegal road are quite interesting. One of these is thelong bridge and trestle built over the Chickies Creek, andshown in Fig. 1. This is 960 ft. in length, and where itcrosses the creek is thirty-two feet high. It was con-structed of North Carolina pine. The power station, which is located on CommerceStreet, Columbia, is of brick, and has two stacks eachsixty-five feet in height. The engine equipment consists 224 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 4. of one Westinghouse engine of 150 h. p. and one Ball &Wood engine of 125 h. p., which operate two Westing-house generators of 150. and 100 h. p. each. Steam isgenerated in three 150 h. p. boilers supplied by the Sup-plee Steam Engine Company, of Columbia. Kortinginjectors and Worthington pumps are used. The roadbed has been well constructed. Several.
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