The street railway review (1891) (14575020808)

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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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SIIITION OK MAHKi;il, NOUTIIWEMTIOUN EI.BVATn II. R. drawing. Bach marker has four lights, rod, green, white andyellow, and Is made after the Northwestern Elevated design, toprovide an absolutely IndeHlrucllblo marker and one which willnot freeze In winter weather, a source of much trouble with those 714 DAILY STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. ISebial No.—Vol. XIV., No. 9b. rormerly used. One 16Caiidle power bunp la In each marker and headlight. The headlight and marker clrnilt is rontrolled by aspecial way switch, circuits belnt; wired In Bucb a manner that the hule, give Ave 6-lamp circuits. These are in two 4-lamp and one.l-lamp fixtures in the celling of the car and six lamps on eachHide, the sockets being placed In the upper molding of the adver-