. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF POWER STATION. FRONT ELEVATION AND CROSS-SECTION OF BOILER 38o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 9. at the same pressure (175 lbs.), the velocity in the steampipes will be approximately 7800 ft. per minute. No separators have been installed in the pipe line, butprovision is made to drain the entire system, for which pur-pose four ij^-in- traps have been located in the basement ofthe boiler room. The return of water is fed into the feed-water heater. A separate 6-in. steam header has been in-stalled in the basement for the auxiliary machinery. Thishe
. The Street railway journal . PLAN OF POWER STATION. FRONT ELEVATION AND CROSS-SECTION OF BOILER 38o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 9. at the same pressure (175 lbs.), the velocity in the steampipes will be approximately 7800 ft. per minute. No separators have been installed in the pipe line, butprovision is made to drain the entire system, for which pur-pose four ij^-in- traps have been located in the basement ofthe boiler room. The return of water is fed into the feed-water heater. A separate 6-in. steam header has been in-stalled in the basement for the auxiliary machinery. Thisheader runs the entire length of the plant and draws itssteam at three points from the main header by means of6-in. connections. This auxiliary header is also provided gal pumps, and are the only pumps motor-driven. Theauxiliary machinery is so grouped around one main turbo-generator as to form the most compact unit system. The 2000-kw turbines to be installed are now in operationin the companys existing power plants. One of these unitswas exhibited b
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