Engineering problems in electric elevated and suburban railroading (1899)
Sprague, Frank J. · s.n., · leaf 22
shutters at the feed hopper on the boilers regulate thedepth of fire on the grates. The installation operates prac-tically smokeless, except in starting fires. Ashes drop fromthe grates into sub-chamhers, and are drawn off into anelectrically driven coal and ash conveyor, which receivesand dumps… … SOUTH SIDE ELEVATED RAILWAY OF CHICAGO. The engine room is traversed longitudinally by anelectric crane of thirty tons capacity. It contains [our cross-compound condensing Allis-Cnrliss engines each rated at 1,200 H. P., at eighty r. p. m.with maximum capacity of 2,000 II. P. each. They are…
Local transit -- Design and construction -- 19th century · Electrical engineering -- Safety measures -- 19th century
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