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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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bounded byBryant, Alameda, York and Channel streets. Work wasbegun in 1893 and one-half of the present building finished inthe following year; since then the building has been com-pleted and its capacity quadrupled. With the completion ofthis station the one on Carl street, formerly used to supplythe Metropolitan lines, was abandoned. The location of thestation is near the center of the car district and favorablysituated for supplying the new districts now being developed. The l)uilding is of brick, one story high. The fire roomfronts on Channel street and is alongside the steam railroadtrack and conveniixit for coal supply. The engine room issejiarated from the boiler room by a 24-in. wall, and fronts(111 Al;Miie<la street. 574 (jSti^5^aUjw!ay-5^\iew^ Till roof of llic fiijiiiic room is supporlcd on IrussfSwlikli span the room and leave it clear for the operationof the crane; the boiler room roof is in three sections, thetrusses reslini; on the side walls and two rows of columns.
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FIG. 2—CROSS SECTION—GENERAL ELECTRIC END When first equipped the capacity of the station was i,Sooh. p. The plant was started early in September, 189^),and was run non-condensing initil the following April,awaiting the completion of the pumping station which wasto suppl) the condensing water. Fig. I shows the ground plan of the station, the right hand por-tion in the cut being that first built.Fig. 2 is a cross section throughthe General Electric end of thestation, and Fig. 3 a cross sectionthrough the Siemens-Halske end. The present boiler equipmentcomprises 36 boilers of the ele-phant type, arranged in batteriesof three ; all of them are 64 in. indiameter b) 16 ft. long. Nine of these, those first installed, are designed to carry 130 lbs.working pressure and are fitted with the United Statesrocking grates and operated under natural draft. The other27 lioilers are designed for 160 lbs. steam pressure and are ei;uip;)ed with the Roney mechanical stoker and operated onthe Ilowden

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