e design well worked and the high working pressure which is obtained. The surrounded with circulating water at atmospheric temperature. The action of the system is as follows : single compressing engine is of 1,000 horse power, and out. The compressed air is carried in seamless steel flasks, the… … returned to the river through a dis- charge main of the same size. Adjoin- stored in the flasks at the high pressure of 2,400 pounds ing the engine house is a charging plant and a car house. The cars on their return from a trip are run in to the square inch. The engine, which is of the verti- cal…
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