Transactions . s the bucket onward. One hundred Elevation. ,? , <. ,-i teet from the loading stationis a tower 11feet high, witha cross-arm ofsufficient lengthto spread therope apart, andthus prevent thefull bucketsfrom meetingthe empty ones(Fig. 54), and onthese towers aresuspended, bymeans of self-moving bracket-arms, four wheels in line on the full side, and twowheels on the empty side, so balanced that they dip down to accom-modate themselves to an even distribution of rope pressure dueto the varying position of the buckets. They also divide theangle of the rope passing over a trestle,
Transactions . s the bucket onward. One hundred Elevation. ,? , <. ,-i teet from the loading stationis a tower 11feet high, witha cross-arm ofsufficient lengthto spread therope apart, andthus prevent thefull bucketsfrom meetingthe empty ones(Fig. 54), and onthese towers aresuspended, bymeans of self-moving bracket-arms, four wheels in line on the full side, and twowheels on the empty side, so balanced that they dip down to accom-modate themselves to an even distribution of rope pressure dueto the varying position of the buckets. They also divide theangle of the rope passing over a trestle, causing less bending andconsequently less wear. At the pier (Fig 5G) a platform projects from its end, oawhich are a series of receiving-wheels in front of the shunt-rail. After the loaded bucket arrives, the man operating thepier-end runs it along the shunt-rail until it reaches the placeover the hopper where he wishes to tipple it, when he lifts thelatch; the bucket on the gudgeon dips over, and returns; he. 55.—Elevation and Plan of Driving Station. COAL-SHIPMENT AND THE LAYING-OUT OF STAITHE HEADS. 223 then closes tke latch, and runs it around the radial end of theshunt-rail, until it is caught by the rope and carried back tothe loading station. Elevation.
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