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Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches)
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
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alian hard wood blocks havebeen used and a length of one mile laid with prismatic oak blocks.Ill, construction of he roadbed was carried out by the corpora-tion under the supervision of the city engineer. Some of th,work, which is very complicated, was supplied by the Lorain SteelCo.; one junction supplied by this company comprised 10 points.The overhead electric equipment was carried oul by Messrs. R. \Y.Blackwell & Co.. Ltd.. London. On narrow streets span winslruction is used, and where arrangements could be made lbwere supported by rosettes attached to the buildin her side of the street. Wherever the streets were sufficiently wide to permit 11 center poles were used. 1 be power for the road is supplied at 500 volt- pressure from thepower station of the corporation, which also supplies current forlighting and other power purposes. Two new stations are in thecourse of construction and when completed will each hicapacity of 15.000 h. p. The units adopted in these stations consist
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PnWEI.t, .v TIKNEK HEW CENTURY THICK USED IN ALI1ANY. cipal pni, :in riveted together; it has a new three lever wheelbrake believed to be exceptionally powerful and reliable; its partsniple. durable and stnThe New Century truck has been running for the past eightmonths on tin- Albany division of the United Traction Co., of \1bany, N. Y. Messrs. Charles Powell and James Turner, patenteesof the truck are experienced railway men Mr. Turner is forei the electrical department of tin- New AJbia barns of theUnited Traction Co. Mr, Powell was for year- connected with theGilbert Car Manufacturing Co., of Troy, X Y. The Kansas City-Leavenworth Railway Co. will erect a newdepot at its present terminus in Fort Leavenworth. of a Willans engine of 1,200 h. p. direct connected to a Sidynamo, giving an output of 1.450 amperes at 550 volts. The gross profits for the year amounted to £147.057 and the netcredit balance to £52,822, out of which is to be drawn a sum forboth depreciation and renewals. lb

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