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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 Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: , 24-in. Buffalo fan. Dnpont power hammer. Westinghouse armature testing transformer, post Ixjrer, double spindle shaper. band saw, jointer, combination rip and cnt-oflF saw. planer, buffing machine, 48-in. grindstone. This machinery is driven by two 20-h. p. General Electric motors.At Unidntown. McKeesport and Iron Bridge are located bams for making light repairs and inspection purposes. .Ml the buildings are of brick and are substantial in construction. 200 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. LV(.L. XV, No. 4. Track and Roadway. I lie >iaii(i.irii lor all intcrurban track i.< a 70-lb. l-rail of A. S.C. E. section. The city track, some 10 miles, are laid with 7-in.and g-in. girder rails weighing from 76 Ih. to 107 lb. per yd. Guardrails of standard rolled section bolted to the rail every 16 in. areused at all curves with the exception of those of very long radius.Wharlon and Lorain special work with hard centers is the standard.Special work is protected from track leakage by stranded copper

Text Appearing After Image: M.MN POWER STATION, WEST PENN SYSTEM. cable running underneath the track Crown protected bonds areused with numerous cross bonds. The bridges are of steel, and there is a total of 6,877 ft- of steelbridge and viaduct work on the line. These bridges are of the deckgirder pattern. Trestles to the amount of 4.475 ft. span numeroussmall streams. Road crossings have standard railroad warningsigns and crossing guards are of the inverted V type. Ties are ofoak and chestnut 6 x 8 in. .\ 8 ft. spaced 24 in. between centers. Inaddition to the large amount of stone ballast used, a considerableportion of the roadbed is ballasted with furnace slag which gives afoundation of great solidity. All construction is of the best work-manship and designed to withstand the heaviest loads. The overhead work is of double pole and span conslrucliini. Nococo trolley wire being used. The feeders are 800,000-cni ahuiiinuui Power Station. The ui.Mu jHiwer plant is at Gibson on the banks of the Youghi-ogheny. a sho

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