. Electric railway review . ntil such time as the station is extended the coaling willbe done from the interurban track shown on the plan, andbetween 12 p. m. and 5 a. m., when no interurban cars arerunning. When the station is extended it is expected that it willbe necessary to build the contemplated switch track whichwill be used only for coaling purposes. This track will passdirectly over the 300-ton coal pit on a small bascule bridgewhich will be opened when coal is being removed from thepit with the clamshell bucket. Boiler Equipment. The boiler equipment consists of eight 400-horsepowerS
. Electric railway review . ntil such time as the station is extended the coaling willbe done from the interurban track shown on the plan, andbetween 12 p. m. and 5 a. m., when no interurban cars arerunning. When the station is extended it is expected that it willbe necessary to build the contemplated switch track whichwill be used only for coaling purposes. This track will passdirectly over the 300-ton coal pit on a small bascule bridgewhich will be opened when coal is being removed from thepit with the clamshell bucket. Boiler Equipment. The boiler equipment consists of eight 400-horsepowerStirling water-tube boilers. Four of these boilers, oppositethe second turbine, are equipped with Foster superheaters for100 degrees F. superheat. These superheaters are located inthe second flame-pass and thus are not exposed to the gasesat the initial temperature. The boilers and superheaters are designed for 200 poundsworking pressure; the actual working pressure is 180 pounds. i ffifflffllEE : - - : fi/TVKC £X7r/V510H -. Peoria Power Station. Illinois Traction System—Section Through Boiler Firing Space showing Coal-Handling Facilities. caught in large ash pits built of brick and with walls inde-pendent of the boiler settings. The ashes are raked fromthe ash pits to the fine coal and ash cars. A 75-ton ash-storage pit is provided into which the carsloaded with ashes are dumped. The ashes are allowed toaccumulate in this pit until such time as is most desirablefor removing them from the station. The ashes are trans-ferred from the 75-ton ash pit to the interurban coal cars bythe grab-bucket crane. A 35-ton fine-coal storage pit is provided into which thecars loaded with fine coal are dumped. Fine coal is allowedto collect in this pit until such time as is most desirable fortransferring it with the grab-bucket crane to the bunkersover the boilers. One of the illustrations shows the construction of thecars used for handling the fine coal and ashes. These carswere designed esp
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