. The street railway review . ies and at each end soldered to each of the cross-cables. The most expensive section of the line to build was that com-prising about ft. just south of Noblesvillc. In this, beginningat the south end, are the following: Bridge over Old JordanRiver bed, i04-£t. Pratt truss span, with abutments having 321cu. yd. of masonry. Fill 800 ft, long and 10 ft. high, containing9,000 cu. yd. Bridge over White River, two 150-ft. Pratt trussspans, with abutments and piers having 600 cu. yd. of trestle 2,810 ft. long. Overhead crossing with Lake Erie & Western
. The street railway review . ies and at each end soldered to each of the cross-cables. The most expensive section of the line to build was that com-prising about ft. just south of Noblesvillc. In this, beginningat the south end, are the following: Bridge over Old JordanRiver bed, i04-£t. Pratt truss span, with abutments having 321cu. yd. of masonry. Fill 800 ft, long and 10 ft. high, containing9,000 cu. yd. Bridge over White River, two 150-ft. Pratt trussspans, with abutments and piers having 600 cu. yd. of trestle 2,810 ft. long. Overhead crossing with Lake Erie & Western tracks, beam and steel girder spans, 934 cu. yd. of 700 ft. long. North of Noblesville is a fill 2,600 ft. long, containing 40,000 , for approach to a S50-ft. plate girder bridge over the WhiteRiver; in this section there are 1,800 cu. yd. of masonry. Power Generation and Distribution.\\lien the several electric railways operating in and betweenAnderson, Muncie and Marion were consolidated as the Union. TYPE OF ARCH ERECTED BV NATIONAL BRIDGE CO. Dbc 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 951 Traction Co. in .899. and a line from .derson to Indianapolisdecided upon, the plans of the company included a mam powerstation at Anderson. This station, which was completed m 1901,was illustrated and described in the Review- for April, 1901, page203. .\t that time the company operated 163 miles of track, ofwhich city systems comprised 56 miles, and the capacity of thegenerating station was kw. at rated load. When the extensions, comprising what are generally known asthe Indianapolis Northern lines, were decided upon, an additionto the power sUtion became necessary, and the work of construc- included two-400-h. p. and two 600-U. p, Bahcock & Wilcox boilerswith superheaters and B. & W. stokers; two cross-compound engmesdirect connected to i, 3-5-volt, three phase, Wcstmg-liouse engine type generators; one 75-1 i>. motor driven exciter set- two isoo-li. P Kno
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