Identifier: streetrailwayjo231904newy (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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FIRE EXTINGUISHER CAR ON METROPOLITAN WEST SIDE ELEVATED, CHICAGO June ii, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 889 hose and the other gives the crank a few swings and opensthe proper valves. But one tank is discharged at a time, thesecond tank being reserved, to be discharged when the first isexhausted and is being refilled, thus maintaining a continuousstream; a priceless advantage in checking incipient confla-grations. RECHARGING As one pressure tank becomes exhausted action in the otheris started by turning its crank, and as the pressure rapidly risesthe hose lines are cut off from the first one and thrown on itinstantly by the valves. The gas is then blown off from theempty tank by a drain valve and pipe, which leads down throughthe floor, the cap is unscrewed and the empty acid holder liftedout of its cradle and set one side. One of the little canistersholding a charge of 50 lbs. of soda is then emptied into the caphole, a 3-in. pipe with a gate valve fills up the pressure tank
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EIG. 2.—APPARATUS IN INTERIOR OF CAR with water from the supply tank in the corner, and after a fewturns of the paddle crank to stir the soda solution, the freshacid holder is set in, the cap screwed on, and that side is readyfor business again. One tank will run 7 minutes when sup-plying both hose lines simultaneously at 150 lbs. pressure, andthe recharging of a tank only requires 4 minutes to complete.Fig. 2 shows the cranks, the two pressure tanks, with theirpiping, hose and baskets, and their cradles and anchor straps.At the left is shown indistinctly the edge of the water supplytank in the corner, which is fitted with a water glass and waterin-take. The car is further equipped with two grappling poles,having a chain at the rear end whereby a car may be hauled outof danger. These are carried on hooks on the walls above thewindows. Fig. 2 also shows the two axes, two firemens hel-mets and two small Babcock hand fire extinguishers. This car has no motor, and is intended for use at

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