. The street railway review . h pressureand superheated steam, The boilers and engines, with the exceptionof a few of Continental manufacture, furnish and use steam atpressures ranging from 160 to 170 lb. ami nl (In- boilers isequipped with superheaters. The Curtis ajid Tarsons turbines atthe Exposition arc running with saturated steam, and il is difficultto obtain any figures regarding iheir steam consinnplir>M. The industrial exhibition at Duesseldorf a few years agn fuinislies astriking comparison with the present ICxpnsilion at .St, , Ofthe If) boilers with their 35,000 s(|
. The street railway review . h pressureand superheated steam, The boilers and engines, with the exceptionof a few of Continental manufacture, furnish and use steam atpressures ranging from 160 to 170 lb. ami nl (In- boilers isequipped with superheaters. The Curtis ajid Tarsons turbines atthe Exposition arc running with saturated steam, and il is difficultto obtain any figures regarding iheir steam consinnplir>M. The industrial exhibition at Duesseldorf a few years agn fuinislies astriking comparison with the present ICxpnsilion at .St, , Ofthe If) boilers with their 35,000 s(|. ft. of heating surface at theDnesselilnrf e.\hiliilion lliere were few were mil e(|iii|i|ieil willi 822 stki:i-:t railway [Vol. XIV, No. 10. siiperlieatcrs, and the entire main piping system, which wa-i o( con-siderable length, llic distance between Ixvilers ,ind engines being insome instances as great as 500 ft., was of unit construction, asregards pipes, Hnngcs and fittings, the most modern materials being. FIGS. 5 AND 6. used and special eflfort being made to render the piping systempleasing to the eye of the visitor. .As previously mentioned, the only boilers at the St. Louis Expo-tion which furnish superheated steam are those of Continentalmanufacture, and of these llie iiii>si interesting are the Delaunay
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