. American engineer and railroad journal . s used, as installed by Westing-house, Church, Kerr & Co., for returning the high-pres-sure drips to boilers automatically. The main and auxil-iary exhaust piping is specially well drained. The feedpumps take steam from the end of the high-pressure Now miii ic, 190>. \\li:i;l«\\ i:\UXEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 415 header in the boiler room. A large blow-off tank receives thewater from the blow-off piping, as shown in the drawings ofthe boiler room. Tin- feed ter Is located beside the exhaust pipe in the boiler room, above the feed pumps. It is aCoch
. American engineer and railroad journal . s used, as installed by Westing-house, Church, Kerr & Co., for returning the high-pres-sure drips to boilers automatically. The main and auxil-iary exhaust piping is specially well drained. The feedpumps take steam from the end of the high-pressure Now miii ic, 190>. \\li:i;l«\\ i:\UXEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 415 header in the boiler room. A large blow-off tank receives thewater from the blow-off piping, as shown in the drawings ofthe boiler room. Tin- feed ter Is located beside the exhaust pipe in the boiler room, above the feed pumps. It is aCochrane open beater oi I 600 ii p capacity. Vain Engines. — Two horizontal mipound dlrect-con- nected Ball & WooH Itute the power units. They slight, adjustment of speed may be effected while running, thuslating the synchronizing of the generators or changingthe load carried by the engines. The following are the principalnsions of the engines: High-] .- 21 Ins. aiders, diameter 41 Ins. :; .1 120 Norms] Indicated norai power. arc required to govern so thai, the speed during one revolutionshall not vary as much as to allow the generator, while deliver-ing from no load to full load, to advance ahead or fall behind amachine running at absolutely constant speed by more of 1 deg. The speed of each engine is controlled from thestation switchboard by a speed-changing device whereby a Normal cut-off, high-pressure cylinders, about 37 per cent. Monnal cut-off. low-pressure cylinders, about 37 per cent. Maximum cut-off. high pressure cylinders, about 05 per cent. Diameter of fly-wheel 144 ins. Weight of fly-wheel lbs. Governors inertia shaft type iter Engines.—For the two 35 kw. exciter units, simple 7-in. by 12-in. Woodbury engines are used. These are required 416 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD -JOURNAL.
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