Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . Boilers No. 5 and No. 6, showing drums, tubes andstack breeching of the intake pipe is a strainer and foot means of a winch installed on the top ofthe wharf the pipe may be revolved to ac-commodate any depth of water or be raisedclear for cleaning or inspectmg. The dis-charge pipe is turned by means of elbows todischarge horiztonally at a point below thelowest low water and down-stream from theintake, so there will be no danger of gettinghot water into the intake. The circulatingwater for both boilers and condensers is takenfrom the river as is also
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . Boilers No. 5 and No. 6, showing drums, tubes andstack breeching of the intake pipe is a strainer and foot means of a winch installed on the top ofthe wharf the pipe may be revolved to ac-commodate any depth of water or be raisedclear for cleaning or inspectmg. The dis-charge pipe is turned by means of elbows todischarge horiztonally at a point below thelowest low water and down-stream from theintake, so there will be no danger of gettinghot water into the intake. The circulatingwater for both boilers and condensers is takenfrom the river as is also the boiler feed well was put down in the event that theriver water becomes two muddy for feedwater. Two 5,000 gallon tanks are placedon the roof as part of the water supply sys-tem. To the west of the circulating pump pit andadjoining the boiler room wall are two verticalfeed water heaters. The rest of the space in this bay is reserved for the second unit whicliwill be a 7,500 kilowatt machine, probablyof the vertical type
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