. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 5.—BOILER ROOM. crane having a span of 53 feet and 6 inches. The cranewas built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Companjr. A com-plete oiling system has-been installed. The oil is con-tained in a reservoir located in the upper part of theengine-room, from which it flows by gravity to thebearings. From the bearings the oil passes throughfilters located in the basement under the engine-roomfloor, and is then pumped back to the reservoir. Thestation is provided with a compressed-air armature. FIG. 6.—PUMP AND HEATER. cleaning device, consisting of a Westinghouse air-pum
. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 5.—BOILER ROOM. crane having a span of 53 feet and 6 inches. The cranewas built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Companjr. A com-plete oiling system has-been installed. The oil is con-tained in a reservoir located in the upper part of theengine-room, from which it flows by gravity to thebearings. From the bearings the oil passes throughfilters located in the basement under the engine-roomfloor, and is then pumped back to the reservoir. Thestation is provided with a compressed-air armature. FIG. 6.—PUMP AND HEATER. cleaning device, consisting of a Westinghouse air-pumpand a receiver, from which hose connections extend toall parts of the engine-room. The system is also usedfor cleaning out the oil pipes. The boiler room is provided with six Babcock &Wilcox boilers of 250 hp each, arranged in batteries oftwo each. The facilities for receiving fuel are of the best. The location of the plant is such that the coal canbe brought directly to the building on barges, fromwhich it is conveyed to a hopper of 2000 tons capacity,located over the boilers, and thence coal chutes conveyit directly to each furnace, as shown in Fig. 5. SevenWorthington surface condensers are employed, and thefeed-pumps and circulating pumps are of the same man-ufacture. The stack is of iron with brick lining, and is108 feet high and 10 feet in diameter in the clear. Pro-vision has been made for increasing the power equip-ment, and two cross-compound Corliss engines of 1500 hpeach will shortly be ins
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