. The Street railway journal . oke, direct-acting,vertical Dean air pump. At 45 strokes perminute of the air pump each condenser hasa capacity of 15,500 lb. of steam per engine has i6-in. atmospheric ex-hausts containing automatic relief valves. The condenser water supply system isunique. When the power station was lo-cated, it was found that the stage of thewater in Sugar Creek varied about 17 18 ft. at different seasons of the would have imposed an excessive lifton the pumps at low water, with the £g; passing under the river and rising to a pumping basin atthe power
. The Street railway journal . oke, direct-acting,vertical Dean air pump. At 45 strokes perminute of the air pump each condenser hasa capacity of 15,500 lb. of steam per engine has i6-in. atmospheric ex-hausts containing automatic relief valves. The condenser water supply system isunique. When the power station was lo-cated, it was found that the stage of thewater in Sugar Creek varied about 17 18 ft. at different seasons of the would have imposed an excessive lifton the pumps at low water, with the £g; passing under the river and rising to a pumping basin atthe power house. The water in the pumping basin, there-fore, stands at a level of about 14 ft. above the creek atlow water, and this solves the difficulty of excessive liftfor the pumps. From the pumping basin a 20-in. cast-ironpipe is carried inside the building and through the basementalong the foundations of the boiler room wall. Immedi-ately below this intake pipe is a 20-in. condenser dis-charge pipe which empties into the SECTION THROUGH SUBSTATION
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