. The Street railway journal . H XCO 10 ? ?r i? 1 1 r r r oscn i—■» >-l Cn Cm to tf*OO j— ssOO OO M CJ co to en o o Oi 00 o 00 00 CO to 4^ to h-i gi*—i - CO ■M CO Ol tO 33 o ocrcr o w» _ MMH t— tO tO OO I I I I I I I T en -a co 00 00 o —-j 4*. 03 O O to 00)01 —-i to too O03 o o« to C7i o* E E Oq (Jq 03 ffq Crq 3- D-3-B- er E E E V? p p p p £.0-0. to • • ^ S£? • 2 o c Sp cr Br B. a 355 rr 33 I V 3 5 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 13. at one large station located on Wyoming Avenue at Second Street,and extending south to the Wingohocking Creek, and between theNewtown branch of th
. The Street railway journal . H XCO 10 ? ?r i? 1 1 r r r oscn i—■» >-l Cn Cm to tf*OO j— ssOO OO M CJ co to en o o Oi 00 o 00 00 CO to 4^ to h-i gi*—i - CO ■M CO Ol tO 33 o ocrcr o w» _ MMH t— tO tO OO I I I I I I I T en -a co 00 00 o —-j 4*. 03 O O to 00)01 —-i to too O03 o o« to C7i o* E E Oq (Jq 03 ffq Crq 3- D-3-B- er E E E V? p p p p £.0-0. to • • ^ S£? • 2 o c Sp cr Br B. a 355 rr 33 I V 3 5 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 13. at one large station located on Wyoming Avenue at Second Street,and extending south to the Wingohocking Creek, and between theNewtown branch of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway and 14,000,000 p —I 1 1 . boilers in all, each with a normal rating of 640 hp. Each bat-tery had an independent iron stack erected above the boilers. Be-low the boilers, extending the length of the building, was con- 1 1 1 1 ,000. Third Street. The power house is known locally as stationNo. 10. This station was originally intended as a temporary plant only,and practically the entire structure was a wooden frame building. The original plant, built in 1903, included a boiler room 56 and 1 05 ft. long, with three batteries of Parker boilers, six structed a tunnel, through which the cinders were removed. Theboilers were operated by forced draft, the air being driven by a1 0-ft. Sturtevant blower through a chamber built in connectionwith the cinder tunnel. The coal handling and stoking weredone entirely by hand. The engine room was 70 ft. wide and I 05 ft. long, and in it September 23, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 513 were installed two 28-in. x 54-in. x 48-in. cross-compound boilers each were installed, each boiler having a normal rating Wetherill engines, each driving a 1 000-kw General Electric gener- of 700 hp. An extension to the north has been built to accom- ator and one 23-in. and 40-in. x 20-in. W
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