. Electric railway gazette . uiltof marbleized slate, supported by an iron instruments are of Weston and GeneralElectric makes. As the plant supplies current for a number ofelectric lines on the east side of the river, somemeans had to be devised to get the feeders this purpose a tunnel was built below the bedof the stream. From the power-house a shaft 40feet deep runs down to the tunnel. The Tunnelitself is 200 feet long, with another 40 feet of shaftrising on the east side of the river. At the openingof the east shaft a tower is built which carries thewires up to the lev
. Electric railway gazette . uiltof marbleized slate, supported by an iron instruments are of Weston and GeneralElectric makes. As the plant supplies current for a number ofelectric lines on the east side of the river, somemeans had to be devised to get the feeders this purpose a tunnel was built below the bedof the stream. From the power-house a shaft 40feet deep runs down to the tunnel. The Tunnelitself is 200 feet long, with another 40 feet of shaftrising on the east side of the river. At the openingof the east shaft a tower is built which carries thewires up to the level of the poles that carry themthe rest of the way. All the feeders which do not cross the river runout of the power-house overhead. They are letthrough the walls in large porcelain insulatorsand are carried in all directions on poles. Thewires which go across the river run from theswitchboard directly down into the basement andthence to the tjnnel. From the switchboard to thetower across the river they are supported on iron. CALIFORNIA AVENUE POWER STATION, CHICAGO. Avenue near Roscoe Boulevard is built of red brickand stone and its dimensions are 245 X 124J building is so arranged as to be capable of en-largement to double its present capacity. Thestack is kOO feet in height and the flue inside is 14feet in diameter. Over a million bricks were usedin its construction. The interior of the building is divided by a firewall lengthwise into two rooms. The north room,245 X 62 feet, holds the boilers. They are of theCampbell & Zell water-tube type of 300 H. p. eachand are 10 in number. Crude oil is used for is brought to the power-house by tank wagonsand is stored in four underground tanks of 1,000barrels capacity. In case it should be determinedto use coal instead of oil for fuel the boiler-room isso arranged that coal and ash handling machinerycan be installed. The coal lift will be in the shapeof an endless chain, carrying the coal up to its binabove the boilers
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