. The Street railway journal . Head Offices, Warehouses and Showrooms ;69, 71, 88 and 92 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E. C. Limited Worhs Peel Works, ADELPHI, Street, Brook Green, Street, f Victoria Bridge, MANCHESTER. 71 Waterloo Street, 56 Barwick Street, ; \ S Westgate Road, NEWCASTLE= Andrew Street, DUBLIN,I St. nary Wharf, CARDIFF. EJECTRADE MARK Agents for the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand : LAWRENCE & HANSON, 3 Wynyard Street, Sjdney, and 167 Queen Street, Melbour
. The Street railway journal . Head Offices, Warehouses and Showrooms ;69, 71, 88 and 92 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E. C. Limited Worhs Peel Works, ADELPHI, Street, Brook Green, Street, f Victoria Bridge, MANCHESTER. 71 Waterloo Street, 56 Barwick Street, ; \ S Westgate Road, NEWCASTLE= Andrew Street, DUBLIN,I St. nary Wharf, CARDIFF. EJECTRADE MARK Agents for the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand : LAWRENCE & HANSON, 3 Wynyard Street, Sjdney, and 167 Queen Street, Melbourne STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 49 Manufacturers and Patentees of Traction Supplies SWIVEL TROLLEY HEAD Woods Patent No. 28839—1897 and 20983—1999. T llOla This Trolley Head embodies the whole of the improvements made during the last 5 years, and includes a Self-oiling arrangement consisting of a hardened hollow Steel Spindle with a slot cutthrough on the bottom. The spindle is filled with grease and willrun for six weeks without attention. It is a pioneer head and the one which has first run with the ropetied up to-the pole in Great Britain or America. Not a single acci-dent has occurred with it during the five years it has been in con-tinual use on many of tlie largest systems. The method of insulation employed provides absolute security. It is formed in one piece and can be readily fixed by unskilledlabour. The weight of the head is reduced to a minimum and thebearing surfaces are the largest obtainable and are provided withan adjustment which can be regulated to l-(iO of an Inch. The thrustfrom the wire is taken on a ball bearing, an arrangement which hasbeen found necessary to all Swivelling Trolley Heads, and has beenadopte
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