. The Street railway journal . COMPLICATED OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL WORKAT CLOCK TOWER. AYLESTONE ROAD. WITH GAUNTLETED TRACKS SPAN POLE CONSTRUCTION—GRANBY STREET accompanying engravings. This is said to be the largest tram-way junction in the United Kingdom. Its total weight is over100 tons, but it was so carefully designed that it was laid bythe Corporation staff in ten days. The bonds used are of the solid copper Crown type of No. every 80 yds. Where special track work occurs the castingsare connected to adjacent rail ends by 30-in. bonds, and are alsobridged by long bonds joining ra
. The Street railway journal . COMPLICATED OVERHEAD EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL WORKAT CLOCK TOWER. AYLESTONE ROAD. WITH GAUNTLETED TRACKS SPAN POLE CONSTRUCTION—GRANBY STREET accompanying engravings. This is said to be the largest tram-way junction in the United Kingdom. Its total weight is over100 tons, but it was so carefully designed that it was laid bythe Corporation staff in ten days. The bonds used are of the solid copper Crown type of No. every 80 yds. Where special track work occurs the castingsare connected to adjacent rail ends by 30-in. bonds, and are alsobridged by long bonds joining rail to rail. ENGINES AND GENERATORSThe engines are of Messrs. Yates & Thorns vertical cross- 832 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 23. compound Corliss condensing type, having cylinders placed atopposite ends of the crank shafts with the crank shafts at rightangles. The cylinders are 22 ins. and 44 ins. diameter respec-tively, 3-ft. stroke, and the engines are intended to run at 95r. p. m. The normal load of the engine is 500 kw, with a steampressure on the top valve of 160 lb
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