. American engineer and railroad journal . It pipe ffvm f^/ifier. Producer Fio-. 2,—Plan and Side Elevation of the Taylor Gas Producers-GAS ENGINES AND PRODUCER CITY TERMINAL, ERIE P. R. 8oi ler / \ I 3B2 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. use of modern high class boilers and steam engines, with aview of burning fine anthracite instead of the very expensivelump coal formerly used, it was decided to put up an entirelynew power plant, using gas engines driven by producer gasmade from the very cheap grades of fine anthracite availablealong the line of the road, and to install two
. American engineer and railroad journal . It pipe ffvm f^/ifier. Producer Fio-. 2,—Plan and Side Elevation of the Taylor Gas Producers-GAS ENGINES AND PRODUCER CITY TERMINAL, ERIE P. R. 8oi ler / \ I 3B2 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. use of modern high class boilers and steam engines, with aview of burning fine anthracite instead of the very expensivelump coal formerly used, it was decided to put up an entirelynew power plant, using gas engines driven by producer gasmade from the very cheap grades of fine anthracite availablealong the line of the road, and to install two steam boilers tobe used exclusively for heating purposes in the winter and tobe shut down entirely during warm weather. The estimatedsaving was large and the total cost of such a plant was lessthan that of an equivalent steam plant. The plan decidedupon included two 400-horse-power vertical boilers of theMorrin, Climax type, Taylor gas producers of sufficient ca-pacity for 400 indicated horse-power in gas engines, two 90-horse-power and two 45-horse-power Ott
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