. Railway age . ry Floor: Kings Bridge Substation. willing to guarantee them for 10 years, provided the temperaturewius maintained at 70 deg. F. This neiessitated a healing plant forcold weather and a means of cooling in warm weather, as well asproper ventilation at all times. In charging the batteries, destructive acid fumes are thrown off,wliich precluded the possibility of heating by direct radiation, asthe fumes would attack and destroy the radiators and pipe blower system was therefore adopted. The heating i)iant couldthus be placed In a detached building, and the air ducts to t
. Railway age . ry Floor: Kings Bridge Substation. willing to guarantee them for 10 years, provided the temperaturewius maintained at 70 deg. F. This neiessitated a healing plant forcold weather and a means of cooling in warm weather, as well asproper ventilation at all times. In charging the batteries, destructive acid fumes are thrown off,wliich precluded the possibility of heating by direct radiation, asthe fumes would attack and destroy the radiators and pipe blower system was therefore adopted. The heating i)iant couldthus be placed In a detached building, and the air ducts to the bat-tery building are protected against the corrosive action of the acidfumes. So far Ave stations have been equipped. The battery room, bus-bar chambers, corridors, stair halls, controller chambers, etc., arethe i)ortions heated and ventilated. The method used for heatingand ventilating the Kings Bridge sub-station is typical of all sta-tions. The air is circiilaliil llninii;li a .sectional |iipe heater by a. Fig. 2—Battery Floor, Looi per cent, antimony. The been fully as satisfactory by this method as by distributing Fig. 3—Battery Floor, Looking West; Yonkers Power House. and furnished the apparatus, which was Installed by John Hunkin &Brother, heating contractors. New York. American Iron & Steel Institute. The American Iron & Steel Institute, formed mainly by UnitedStates Steel Corporation
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