Identifier: streetrailwayjo161900newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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on each track. Special attention was given to the construction of theoverhead trolley line on the bridge. As will be seen, theend supports at both the bridge portals and at the shoreends are extremely heavy, being built up of angles, latticedand braced. On the overhead framing, which supports thedrawbridge frogs, is attached a short wooden plank, whichis backed with an asbestos sheet; the plank was thenpainted with fireproof and insulating paint. As the frogswhich are attached to this board are insulated, a triple in-sulation is thus secured between the frogs and the ironwork of their supports. This substantial construction al-lows the trolley wire to be kept taut. Mention should also be made of the safety devices. River, the company has been carrying on other importantconstruction, notably that on the edge of the Palisades,and in the power house, where a 500-kw unit has beeninstalled. A more extended description of these improve-ments will be published later. The company has also en-
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END VIEW OF BRIDGE tirely renewed its rolling stock. The closed cars have notyet been delivered, but the open cars have been in use allsummer, and are as large and fine as any in use in or nearNew York. They were designed by Ford, Bacon & Davis,and were built by the American Car Company. The main dimensions of the open car are as fol-lows: Length over corner posts, 32 ft.; length overdashers, 40 ft.; length over bumpers, 41 ft. 6 ins.; totalwidth over sills, 7 ft. 5§ ins.; total width with steps down,

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