The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The New York Subway, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment Author: Anonymous Release Date: January 21, 2006 [eBook #17569] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NEW YORK SUBWAY*** E-text prepared by Ronald Holder, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) THE NEW YORK SUBWAY OPERATING ROOM OF POWER HOUSE OPERATING ROOM OF POWER HOUSE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT The New York Subway ITS CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT (I.R.T. symbol) NEW YORK INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY O IANN . DOM . MCMIV Copyright, 1904, by INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT CO. New York PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY THE MCGRAW PUBLISHING CO. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. INTRODUCTION, 13 CHAPTER I. The Route of the Road—Passenger Stations and 23 Tracks, CHAPTER II. Types and Methods of Construction, 37 CHAPTER III. Power House Building, 67 CHAPTER IV. Power Plant from Coal Pile To Shafts of Engines 77 and Turbines, CHAPTER V. System of Electrical Supply, 91 CHAPTER VI. Electrical Equipment of Cars, 117 CHAPTER VII. Lighting System for Passenger Stations and 121 Tunnel, CHAPTER VIII.