The Street railway journal (1896) (14574901048)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo121896newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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4aii;^c, len inch ilial,r vacuum gauj^e, len incli diaL The individual gaugeboards witheach engine have in place I Crosby steam gauge, ten inch dial,I Crosby vacuuiu ten inch dial,I Receiver ten inch dial. Al.so in connection with piping areinstalled one medium size Perfectionsteam oil purifier, one Pitt.sburghalarm water cohunn and one Spencerdamper regulator. Thermometers andcups are installed throughout the entireRS TO ENGINES, piping installation.MAINS. Live steam piping, including head- ers, leaders, drips, steam cylinders, etc.,is covered in .standard sections and forms with one inchlayer of asbe.sto-.sponge and one inch layer of hair felt.Outside of the hair felt is placed a cover of ducking boundin position with brass bands and terminated at ends ofpipe, joining fittings and valves with the Ainsworth patentsleeve. All hot water pipes are covered with a one inch layer
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FIG. 12:—REAR OF BOILERS, SHOWING MAINS, LEADERS,HEATER, DRIP TANK AND FLUE. of asbesto-sponge. The covering is an extremely neat andworkmanlike installation as shown in the engravings. Among the special characteristics of this piping installa-tion are its .simplicity and absolute reliability. It has nowbeen in operation seven months and has proven most satis- 428 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XII. No. 7. factory under almost every condition of service. As pre-vious!)^ mentioned, the greatest care was exercised in itsdesign and installation, and the operation of the plant hasbeen carefully watched by engineers and railway officialsinterested in the best and most practical designs for rail-way construction. The Correct Location of the Trolley Wire onCurves.—Part II. By S. ly. Foster.