. The street railway review . ii llic Imlioni llic 192 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIII, No. 4. well is divided by :i 21-iii. wall, a floor of 3-in. oakplanks on lo-in. I-licanis licing placed across llic well at thislieiglil. Tlic total height of Ihc well walls is 46 ft. 6 in. In eachof two chanilKTs thus formed in the lower pari of the well arescreens. In each conipartnieni is a 42x42 in. opening, with thecenter 7 ft. 9 in. below the pool level. Sluice gates arc providedfor IxJth openings so that cither conii>artnient may be pumped outfor cleaning. The water thus entering t
. The street railway review . ii llic Imlioni llic 192 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIII, No. 4. well is divided by :i 21-iii. wall, a floor of 3-in. oakplanks on lo-in. I-licanis licing placed across llic well at thislieiglil. Tlic total height of Ihc well walls is 46 ft. 6 in. In eachof two chanilKTs thus formed in the lower pari of the well arescreens. In each conipartnieni is a 42x42 in. opening, with thecenter 7 ft. 9 in. below the pool level. Sluice gates arc providedfor IxJth openings so that cither conii>artnient may be pumped outfor cleaning. The water thus entering the well passes through thescreens 10 ihe station intakes which arc 42 in, in diameter and pro-vided with gale valves. The two intake pi|Ks, one for each coni- Ol SI ATION EQUIPMENT. Slaliun. I). Ckw. Manchester West End 1,000 Birmingham 800 .Suburban .(25 (;ieiiw(K>il 1,000 Kankin 2,000 Belted,kw. 450 ,92S2, TRANSVERSE SECTION OF FOUNDATIONS. BRUNOT ISLAND STATION, partment, lead out and connect with a 6o-iu. pipe running into thestation. To admit water when the river is at the higli stagessimilar 42 x 42-in, openings suitably protected by iron gratings,arc provided in the river wall of the well at a height of 8 ft, 9 in,above the pool level or 16 ft, above the openings normally time of high water the lower openings to the river are closedand the water then flows into the well above the transverse floorin which are openings covered with gratings, through wliicli thewater readily enters the screen chambers, Ben Venue Station is lliree miles from the Point and aboutmidway between the two rivers, being at the cast end of the dia-mond back. Here there are three 375-kw. belted railway units,Tliis and the Suburban Station are the only ones not operatedcondensing. The power station of the .Allegheny County Light Co., which ^ili St 6,400 Ben Venue 1,125 .Allegheny L. & P Total 13,825
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