. The Street railway journal . the Com-mittee on a Standard System of Accounting, and Notes andComments on the Accountants Conventions, from 1897 to 1901, * May 2, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 687 A MODERN ENGLISH ENGINEERING PLANT The plant vi W. H. Alkn, Son & Company, Ltd., known as theQueens Engineering Works, is situated on the western side ofthe main hne of the Midland Railway Company at Bedford,England, and coxers 4 acres, with 6 acres adjoining for furtherextensions. The works have been especially equipped for themanufacture of very high-class electrical machinery, as well ascentrifu
. The Street railway journal . the Com-mittee on a Standard System of Accounting, and Notes andComments on the Accountants Conventions, from 1897 to 1901, * May 2, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 687 A MODERN ENGLISH ENGINEERING PLANT The plant vi W. H. Alkn, Son & Company, Ltd., known as theQueens Engineering Works, is situated on the western side ofthe main hne of the Midland Railway Company at Bedford,England, and coxers 4 acres, with 6 acres adjoining for furtherextensions. The works have been especially equipped for themanufacture of very high-class electrical machinery, as well ascentrifugal pumping engines, air-pumping machinery, and ma-chinery for large central stations comprising engines and dyna-mos, motors, condensing plants and Edwards air pumps. Thecompany employs 800 men, and has introduced American methodsand some of the latest American machine tools during the lastfew years. The company has installed a complete generating plant, inwhich its own apparatus is largely used. Four Babcock & Wilcox. DYNAMO DEPARTMENT
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