. The street railway review . WINDING MACHINERY, VAN BUREN STREET STATION. The entire building is lighted from its own plant of theSiemens-Halske description, running twenty arc sheave pits are also thus illuminated. During the erection of this power house, almost endless difficulty was experienced in finding bottom for thefoundation, as the chosen site had once been a a distance of 40 feet below the level, however, a hardstratum was found. This made it necessary to excavate100 by 52 by 40 feet, which was filled with concrete,upon which foundation and walls were erected. Wi
. The street railway review . WINDING MACHINERY, VAN BUREN STREET STATION. The entire building is lighted from its own plant of theSiemens-Halske description, running twenty arc sheave pits are also thus illuminated. During the erection of this power house, almost endless difficulty was experienced in finding bottom for thefoundation, as the chosen site had once been a a distance of 40 feet below the level, however, a hardstratum was found. This made it necessary to excavate100 by 52 by 40 feet, which was filled with concrete,upon which foundation and walls were erected. Without doubt, the West Chicago Street RailroadCompany has performed as difficult engineering feats in. liAIlERV 01 liOILERS, BLlE ISLAND A\ENUF. STATION. combating sinking clay and sand, as any other powerplant builder ever experienced in blasting rock or bridg-ing chasms. THE VAN BUREN STREET POWER STATION, fronts 175 feet on Jefferson Street and 50 feet on VanBuren. From it is driven the rope for the loop, which is13,000 feet long. This station is also of pressed brickconstruction and trimmed with Bedford granite. It isalmost Ecclesiastical in appearance and the architect hasshown great taste in the design. The machinery of thisstation is bedded on brick. The stack is 150 feet highand the fuel used is oil. The distinguishing feature of the Van Buren streetplant is the rope drive, which is one of the longest in thecountry, being 75 feet from center to center. Theengines are from the Allis works, measuring 30 by 60inches and two in number. They are of 1,300-horse-power each and have 20-foot fly wheels of 100,000pounds avoirdupois. The boiler, water heater, pipingarrangement and attachm
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