. Railway Times . redistrict, and he calculated that within the next five yearsthere would be, an im rease m traffic of five or six millionions, and the trade would require all the facilities which theNorth Eastern Railway and other companies could provideto deal witli it. The coaling belts at the Victoria Dock are the first appliancesof the kind to be erected in the British Isles. Bells of thisdescription possess great advantages lor shipping purposeson account of the great speed of shipment, the small breakageof coal, and the fact thai any description of wagon can bedealt with irrespective o
. Railway Times . redistrict, and he calculated that within the next five yearsthere would be, an im rease m traffic of five or six millionions, and the trade would require all the facilities which theNorth Eastern Railway and other companies could provideto deal witli it. The coaling belts at the Victoria Dock are the first appliancesof the kind to be erected in the British Isles. Bells of thisdescription possess great advantages lor shipping purposeson account of the great speed of shipment, the small breakageof coal, and the fact thai any description of wagon can bedealt with irrespective oi size or type. Within the course ofthe next few weeks there will be two of these appliances atthe Victoria Dock, side by side on the same jetty, eachappliance working independently into ships lying on each sideof the jetty. Theappliance consists in the first place of apatent hopper fitted with two hydraulic rams for tipping enddoor wagons from either end ; this obviates turning (he wagons. AMERICAN RAILWAY RATES,. Coal Tipping by Hydraulic Levers. I- >ttom dooi wagons can equally easily be dealt with. Afterbeing 1 mp ied the wagons run by gravity down an inclinecleai ol the loaded wagon-, mi i., the empty wagon line, a unions stream ol loaded wagons being kept moving Over the hopper. From the hopper the coal discharges on to aninclined rubber-covered belt. 3ft. 6in. wide, running along1 lie jetty parallel to the ship, which carries the coal to about>oft. above the watei level. The coal is then transferred by a short curved shool to a second belt running at angles to the jetty, which delivers the coal direct intotin; hold ol (he vessel. I he end of (he second belt can belowered to suii the height ol the hat :hways of therig loaded or swung horizontally along the hatchwajwithout slopping working, the necessity oi moving the shipthu i b ing i\ oided in many instam es. It has b en foundthai I v supply oi coal al the same rate assists the operation of trimming, and in additio
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