. The Street railway journal . of double track, on which an averageof 190 trains of 15 tons each are operated in ordinary service,and 295 trains of the same weight in rush-hour service. The station is situated at Anderlecht, a suburb of Brussels,and at the side of the Charleroi Canal. The general plan of thepower station is shown in Fig. 1. The engine and boiler roomsextend parallel to the canal so that they can be easily extendedin case an additional power equipment is required. The founda-tions for the engine and boiler rooms are concrete, m (4 ins.) in thickness, braced by two lay
. The Street railway journal . of double track, on which an averageof 190 trains of 15 tons each are operated in ordinary service,and 295 trains of the same weight in rush-hour service. The station is situated at Anderlecht, a suburb of Brussels,and at the side of the Charleroi Canal. The general plan of thepower station is shown in Fig. 1. The engine and boiler roomsextend parallel to the canal so that they can be easily extendedin case an additional power equipment is required. The founda-tions for the engine and boiler rooms are concrete, m (4 ins.) in thickness, braced by two layers of old rails. These October 3, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 641 rails are located respectively 20 cm (8 ins.) from the bottomand 25 cm (10 ins.) from the upper surface of the foundations extend for 3 m (10 ft.) on each side of the degs. to 300 degs. C. (460 degs. F. to 500 degs. F.). Thevariations in speed are guaranteed not to exceed J/2 per centduring constant load, 2 per cent during a rapid change in load. FIG. 2.—GENERAL VIEW OF ENGINE ROOM, SHOWING SWITCHBOARD GALLERY center line of the walls, and on the side of the canal are con-nected by masonry to the aqueduct. The foundations of thebuilding are carried up to a height of m {i2l/2 ft.), on whichis constructed the steel frame work, which constitutes the wallsproper. The foundations of the stacks are formed by twolayers of concrete, 12 m (40 ft.) square and iy2 m (5 ft.)thick, on which is the masonry base of thechimneys. Water for condensing pur-poses is taken from the canal by means ofa masonry aqueduct, and after passingthrough the condensers is discharged intoa basin, whence it is returned to thecanal by four pipes, each mins.) in diameter and arranged in fanshape. The engine room contains at presentfour units of 1500 kw each, but there isroom for the installation of three ad-ditional units of the same size. The en-gines were built by the Vande KerchoveCompany, of Ghent, and are of the twin
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