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. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF BAGGAGE CAR EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE CAR tion of the two divisions. In the arrangement of the machineryan attempt has been made to carry out the unit system as faras advisable. This has been departed from in the case of the. BOILER ROOM, SHOWING FUEL-HANDLING OUTFIT AND STOKERS chimney, one only having been provided, also in the condensingapparatus, where the advantages of a central plant were recog-nized by the installation ofa single apparatus to servetwo units. Each main unit consists ofa battery of two boilers andan engine-generator set, twoof which ar
. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF BAGGAGE CAR EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE CAR tion of the two divisions. In the arrangement of the machineryan attempt has been made to carry out the unit system as faras advisable. This has been departed from in the case of the. BOILER ROOM, SHOWING FUEL-HANDLING OUTFIT AND STOKERS chimney, one only having been provided, also in the condensingapparatus, where the advantages of a central plant were recog-nized by the installation ofa single apparatus to servetwo units. Each main unit consists ofa battery of two boilers andan engine-generator set, twoof which are now in opera-tion. The building has suffi-cient capacity for four ofthese units without furtherextension. In such a system a well-defined plan can be followedwhereby each unit receives and in the basement by the boiler feed-pumps and heaters, thecondensing pumps and the oil filters and pumps. The building is of red brick and steel construction, with stonetrimmings, and measures 186 ft. x 112 ft. The founda-tions are of concrete and the floors of concrete-steelconstruction. The monitor roof is of tar and gravellaid on porous book tile, and the main roof of Ludowicitile. A partition wall divides the building longitudinallyinto boiler room and engine room
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