. The Street railway journal . are fitted with drumsin order to ensure the supply of dry steam. The main flueis built above ground, the sections in-creasing toward the shaft, so as to permitof further extensions. The shaft is 120 , with an internal diameter of 8 ft. 6ins., and contains a firebrick lining builtclear of the outside walls. An injector and two 3-throw electric-ally-driven pumps have been provided forsupplying water to the boilers, drawingfrom a 4000-gallon tank placed outsidethe boiler house, 17 ft. from the reserve supply of water has been pro-vided by the erectio
. The Street railway journal . are fitted with drumsin order to ensure the supply of dry steam. The main flueis built above ground, the sections in-creasing toward the shaft, so as to permitof further extensions. The shaft is 120 , with an internal diameter of 8 ft. 6ins., and contains a firebrick lining builtclear of the outside walls. An injector and two 3-throw electric-ally-driven pumps have been provided forsupplying water to the boilers, drawingfrom a 4000-gallon tank placed outsidethe boiler house, 17 ft. from the reserve supply of water has been pro-vided by the erection of a tank with acapacity of 20,000 gallons, 20 ft. from theground. The pipe connections are de-signed so that water may be drawn fromthese tanks in case of fire. The boilerfeed pumps supply the necessary pres-sure, and as these are electrically driven,they can be put in u^e at any time in theday or night, current being always avail-able from the main generators or the bat-tery station. The tanks are supplied with water from.
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