. The Street railway journal . Strert END ELEVATION OF POWER STATION Boston, who will erect the frame of the building duringthe next six months. The contract for the erection ofthe remainder of the superstructure, which will be of thefirst quality red brick with granite trimmings, has beenawarded to Horton & Hemenway, of Providence, and ztQ mi nri 1 UJUJl LUTJTTrM- .|_ HHHHHHHHJ-uMHHHH^. SIDE ELEVATION OF POWER STATION date plants for the economical production of electric designed and is now under construction. The accompanying engravings, which were made fromthe working dra
. The Street railway journal . Strert END ELEVATION OF POWER STATION Boston, who will erect the frame of the building duringthe next six months. The contract for the erection ofthe remainder of the superstructure, which will be of thefirst quality red brick with granite trimmings, has beenawarded to Horton & Hemenway, of Providence, and ztQ mi nri 1 UJUJl LUTJTTrM- .|_ HHHHHHHHJ-uMHHHH^. SIDE ELEVATION OF POWER STATION date plants for the economical production of electric designed and is now under construction. The accompanying engravings, which were made fromthe working drawings of the company, give a very goodgeneral idea of the exterior and interior of the station whencompleted. As will be seen from the most cursory glanceat these drawings, the engineers of the company have in-corporated in their designs the most approved modernmethods of steam generation and utilization, and in abouta year from this date, or at the outside a year and a half, will of course immediately follow the erection of the steelsuperstructure. The foundations are composed of about 5500 piles, sup-porting a monolithic mass of Portland cement concrete 4ft. thick, the piles and concrete being surrounded by awall of sheet piling made up of hard pine timber 6 , splined, and driven to a depth of 40 ft. below thesurface. The contract for this foundation work was placedwith F.
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