. The street railway review . THE POWER HOUSE. practical purposes of residence and resort it might as wellhave been at the top of the Washington Monument, andso the new owners organized the Orange Mountain CableCompany, and contracted with the New York office ofJohn A. Roeblings Sons Company to build and fullyequip the DRIVING MACHINERY, SHOWING SAFETY CABLE DRUMS,WITH AIR BRAKE. The entire construction has been in charge of S. , of the New York office of the Roeblings,and the work, which commenced with the drawing ofplans last October, was pushed with energy, and nowstands fort
. The street railway review . THE POWER HOUSE. practical purposes of residence and resort it might as wellhave been at the top of the Washington Monument, andso the new owners organized the Orange Mountain CableCompany, and contracted with the New York office ofJohn A. Roeblings Sons Company to build and fullyequip the DRIVING MACHINERY, SHOWING SAFETY CABLE DRUMS,WITH AIR BRAKE. The entire construction has been in charge of S. , of the New York office of the Roeblings,and the work, which commenced with the drawing ofplans last October, was pushed with energy, and nowstands forth completed, a lasting honor to both engineer 372 (^Wd/j\aiWii^j^ylcw^ and contracting company. In many respects^ it is themost interesting of the many types of inclined plane cableroads. From one bulkhead to the other the line is straight,except as to elevations, and is 3,825 feet long, with anelevation of 500 feet. Tracks are double, of 8 feetgauge, spaced iSJeet between centers, and laid with 56- section are 5^ inches between centers and rest on thepulleys just below the top of the channel irons, except atthe moment when the car is passing over, when theropes are lifted out of the conduit to a height of twofeet, falling again into place below the street level whenthe car has crossed. Safety gates are let down whent
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