. The Street railway journal . 126 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 5. A steam header runs along the partition wah near theceiHng, and is fed by long bend pipes. Gate valves are pro-vided in eaeh of these risers and along each section of theheader. These latter valves are reached by an iron gal-lery suspended from the roof trusses. All steam andfeed-water piping is extra strong, and valves and fittingsare flanged and of extra-heavy weight. All the largevalves in the plant are of Chapman manufacture, and themore important straightway valves are fitted with outsidescrew and yoke, and show
. The Street railway journal . 126 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 5. A steam header runs along the partition wah near theceiHng, and is fed by long bend pipes. Gate valves are pro-vided in eaeh of these risers and along each section of theheader. These latter valves are reached by an iron gal-lery suspended from the roof trusses. All steam andfeed-water piping is extra strong, and valves and fittingsare flanged and of extra-heavy weight. All the largevalves in the plant are of Chapman manufacture, and themore important straightway valves are fitted with outsidescrew and yoke, and show at a glance whether open orshut. The blow-of¥ valves at the back of the boilers areof the quick-opening lever type. The try cocks on thewater gages are opened from the floor by extension steam piping, heaters and feed-water connections arecovered with sectional asbestos fire felt made by the H. Company. Goubert closed heaters have been in- The generator is a 400-kw, three-phase, 3000-alternations,revolving-f
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