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Identifier: railroadengineer62newy (find matches)
Title: The railroad and engineering journal
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads
Publisher: New York : M.N. Forney
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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is an exceedingly neat and com-plete catalogue of the kind, including pumps and pump-ing machinery of almost every description. Welding, Tempering, Brazing, Forging, and Shap-ing OF Metals f.y Electricity. Boston, Mass. ; issuedby the Thomson Electric Welding Company. believe, which has been applied to centrifugal pumping—constructed by the firm of W. H. Allen & Company, ofYork Street Works. Lambeth. These pumps will beshortly erected at Mildura, Australia, where a completeirrigation scheme will commence. The pumps themselvesare of the centrifugal form, and are capable of discharging23,000,000 gallons per day to a height of 35 it. at 200 revo-lutions per minute. The engines are generally of themarine type, and are fitted with cylinders 13 in., 22:; in.,and 34 in. diameter by 18 in. stroke, running at 200revolutions per minute, giving a piston speed of 600 ft. perminute. The pressure of steam is 140 lbs. at the cylinders.The)engines are connected direct to the centrifugal pumps,
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TRIPLE-EXPANStON ENGINES WITH CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. BUILT BY W. H. ALLEN & COMPANY, LA.MBETH, E.NGLAND. Harringtons Screw-Hoisting Machines, Hand-Power Elevators, and Overhead Tramway System :Catalogue. Philadelphia ; Edwin Harrington, Son &Company. TRIPLE EXPANSION PUMPINGAUSTRALIA. ENGINES FOR (From the London Engineer.) The accompanying engravings show a fine set of pump-ing machinery of the triple-expansion type—the first, we and, as will be seen, are mounted upon a strong wrought-iron bed-plate, to which are attached the two pumps. Theengines have been made with all the latest improvements,and are supplied with a separate combined direct-actingair-pump of unusually large dimensions, on account of thehigh temperature of the condensing water, which averagesas much as 80 degrees ; the air-pump is mounted upon amassive cast-iron bed-plate having the engine attachedthereto. This engine will have to travel about the samespeed as the main engines to maintain the desired vacuum.Th

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  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Railroad_engineering
  • booksubject:Engineering
  • booksubject:Railroads
  • bookpublisher:New_York___M_N__Forney
  • bookcontributor:Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
  • booksponsor:Lyrasis_Members_and_Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:559
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