Electrical engineer's pocket-book: a hand-book of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers (1901)
Foster, Horatio A. (Horatio Alvah), 1858-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand co.; London, E.& F.N. Spon, ltd. · leaf 543
hecurrent is collected from this rail by four iron brushes suspended from each car. The Lake Street Elevated Railway laid down a third-rail system in 1896.This rail is supported upon pillar insulators six feet apart, and is protectedby wooden guard rails. The Northwestern Elevated Railway started… … Elec. World Engineer.Fig. 88. Diagrams of Truck, Showing Shoe-Lifting Mechanism. CONDUIT SYSTEMS OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. 531 Tn Fie 88 is shown a very good form of attachment for third-rail contact-shoe as used on the Albany and Hudson Railway and Rower Company lineThisshoe can be turned up out of…
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