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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 - The Site of the Terminal Station. Paper No. 1157 by George C. Clarke
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(_a_).--_Power-Generating Plant._--The plant in the engine-room
consisted of:

Three Rand straight-line compressors from the original power plant at
Ninth Avenue and 32d Street.

One Ingersoll straight-line compressor from the old power-house.

One Rand duplex Corliss, 40 by 48-in. air-compressor, with both air
and steam cylinders cross-compounded, and a capacity of 5,600 cu.
ft. of free air per min. compressed to 80 lb. at 70 rev. per min.

Three Rand duplex, 30 by 30-in., compressors, connected with 525-h.p.,
6,600-volt, General Electric motors, with a capacity of 3,000 cu.
ft. of free air per min. compressed to 80 lb. at 125 rev. per min.

Two 10 by 6 by 10-in. Worthington steam plunger pumps.

One 7½-h.p. General Electric motor for driving the Robbins belt coal
conveyor.

One forced-draft fan (built by the Buffalo Forge and Blower Company),
driven by an 8 by 10-in. Buffalo engine.

In the boiler-room there were three 500-h.p. Sterling water-tube
boilers.

(_b_).--Repair Shops.--The repair shops remained in their old location
until sufficient room had been excavated to sub-grade in the lot east
of Eighth Avenue, and then they were moved to the old Ninth Avenue
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