Electric railway journal (1911) (14572880289)

Identifier: electricrailway381911newy (find matches)

Title: Electric railway journal

Year: 1908 (1900s)

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Subjects: Electric railroads

Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Present Ground LevelElev.17.75 All Concrete Foundationscarried down to Hardpan Hoosac Tunnel Power Station—Section Through Boiler Room, Turbine Room and Switch House will be 149 ft. 8 in. x 152 ft. 6 in., with an addition 97 ft.8 in. x 33 ft. 8 in. on the west end to be used as a switchhouse and possibly as a future substation for the Berk-shire Street Railway lines. The size of the building nowin use is 83 ft. 1 in. x 152 ft. 6 in., with an addition forthe switch house 33 ft. 8 in. x 45 ft. 8 in. It is built the east end of the building. It is separated from theturbine room by a brick wall 16 in. thick, which is carriedup above the roof of the turbine room to the same heightas the other outside walls surrounding the boiler room.The headroom in the boiler room under the fan room floorabove is 37 ft. 6V2 in. Four Bigelovv & Hornsby water

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Hoosac Tunnel Power Station—Coal-Handling Traveler in Boiler Room September 16, 1911.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL

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