. American engineer and railroad journal . f service, and the company in questionnow propose placing it in an open building in the front of theBarrow Central Station as a memento of the early days of therailway in Furness. The engine was purchased from MessrsBury, Curtis & Kennedy, of Liverpool, in 1846. and was thusrunning passenger and goods trains on the Furness railwayfor over 50 years. The boiler is 3 ft. 8 ins. in diameter and 11ft. 2 ins. long, and the whole engine weighs about 19 tons. Thelocal term copper knob is applied to the engine on account ofthe round back fire-box, the dome of
. American engineer and railroad journal . f service, and the company in questionnow propose placing it in an open building in the front of theBarrow Central Station as a memento of the early days of therailway in Furness. The engine was purchased from MessrsBury, Curtis & Kennedy, of Liverpool, in 1846. and was thusrunning passenger and goods trains on the Furness railwayfor over 50 years. The boiler is 3 ft. 8 ins. in diameter and 11ft. 2 ins. long, and the whole engine weighs about 19 tons. Thelocal term copper knob is applied to the engine on account ofthe round back fire-box, the dome of which is covered withcopper.—The Mechanical Engineer. AUGUST. 1901. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 289 IMPROVED LEVER THROTTLE VALVES. In this newly Improved form of valve made by the Company, of Cincinnati, the construction is entirelydifferent from all former makes of throttle valves. It isstrong, durable and so nearly frlctionless thai its operation isvery easy, in the accompanying engraving, v. 1 Illustrates. the exterior form of the body and Fig. 2 the interior workingpaits of the valve. The operation of this very ingenious de-vice for opening and closing the valve is best shown by refer-ence to the lettered parts, of which B is the spindle. C thecarrier terminating in a tapering wedge, D, and F F are two
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