. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF TURBINE ROOM, SHOWING TURBINE, CONDENSER, VOLUTE PUMP AND PIPING or from artesian wells located on the premises. This wateris stored in a steel storage tank of 50,000 gals, capacityconnected with the station through 8-in. and lo-in. pipes. The make-up into the hot-well tank is regulated by a floatfeed valve. Two Blake 14-in. x 12-in. duplex plungerfeed pumps are connected through two Goubert feed-waterheaters of 3000 and 2000-hp capacity, respectively, to two6-in. feed lines. One of these passes along in front of allthe boilers and is cross-
. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF TURBINE ROOM, SHOWING TURBINE, CONDENSER, VOLUTE PUMP AND PIPING or from artesian wells located on the premises. This wateris stored in a steel storage tank of 50,000 gals, capacityconnected with the station through 8-in. and lo-in. pipes. The make-up into the hot-well tank is regulated by a floatfeed valve. Two Blake 14-in. x 12-in. duplex plungerfeed pumps are connected through two Goubert feed-waterheaters of 3000 and 2000-hp capacity, respectively, to two6-in. feed lines. One of these passes along in front of allthe boilers and is cross-connected at each end of the roomso as to completely encircle the firing alley, and has con-nections to the low-pressure boilers. The other, a 6-in, FRfJNT OF BOILERS, SHOWING FUEL OIL PIPES ANDFEED PUMPS Upward from the rear of the boilers into riveted steel flues suspended from the roof trusses directly over the rear of the boilers. On account of the great heat in the long sunnner these flues are covered with magnesia and as
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