. The Street railway journal . FIG. 10.—TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGPROJECTING FROM THE MAIN^SIiOP STRUCTURE extra heavy pipe 245 ft. long to the club-room baths; one5-in. pipe 185 ft. long to the office-building heaters with a3-in. branch to the blacksmith shop and the inspection-shedheaters located in the armature room; one 2-in. pipe 230 from the heater discharge tank on the office floor; one3-in. extra heavy pipe 315 ft. long for conveying live steam. FIG. ELEVATION ON THE GILLEN PLACE ORBUILDING, SHOWING THE LARGE WINDOW AREA, AND corporation having a contr
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 10.—TRANSVERSE SECTION OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGPROJECTING FROM THE MAIN^SIiOP STRUCTURE extra heavy pipe 245 ft. long to the club-room baths; one5-in. pipe 185 ft. long to the office-building heaters with a3-in. branch to the blacksmith shop and the inspection-shedheaters located in the armature room; one 2-in. pipe 230 from the heater discharge tank on the office floor; one3-in. extra heavy pipe 315 ft. long for conveying live steam. FIG. ELEVATION ON THE GILLEN PLACE ORBUILDING, SHOWING THE LARGE WINDOW AREA, AND corporation having a contract with the city to remove ashes,rubbish and other material. As much of this matter is burn-able the company hit upon the sensible scheme of erectingan incinerator plant to furnish at a very low cost all thesteam required for heating the shops. A 400-hp plant wastherefore installed on the opposite side of Gillen Place onthe plot shown in Fig. 3, on page 171. SV. Rp. Journal EASTERLY SIDE OF THE MAIN EAST NEW YORK SHOPALSO THE POSITION OF THE OFFICE BUILDING to the hammers in the blacksmith shop, and from which ai-in. branch is led to a copper heating coil placed inthe 300-gallon tank supplying hot water to the shower bathsand wash basins. The pipes are laid with a slope of % 12 ins. toward the incinerator. All pipes 2 ins. or morein diameter have flanged fittings, except the return pipesfrom the heaters, which have fittings. Every pipe is insu- 176 STREET RAILW
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