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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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Point Comfort and Buck Roe Beach havebeen operated from this station, power and lighting have beensupplied at all the points along the line, and a very profitablebusiness has been developed in the sale of manufactured ice.The plant is run condensing, and as the condensed steam can Point Comfort to Newport News through Hampton, and tosupply electric power and lighting in the region. It is now apart of the property of the Norfolk, Portsmouth & NewportNews Company. It is located on low ground on the bank ofHerberts Creek, which flows into Hampton Roads, and restson piles driven over the entire building site. The power stationis 105 ft. x 151 ft. in plan, and stands 155 ft. from the bulk-head line on the creek. It is planned to accommodate 2625 kwin generating machinery and two 40-ton refrigerating ma-chines. The freezing ice is done in an adjacent building, 40ft. x 86 ft. This building is to be extended 62 ft. when the fullrefrigerating capacity is installed. Besides these and one or
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INTERIOR OF POWER STATION AT HAMPTON, VA. well be utilized as the source of supply for water for freezing,and as the fresh water for boiler feeding, except a portionobtainable from driven wells, has to be metered from the townspublic water supply, surface condensers are employed. Fromthe standpoint of engineering design there are a number ofinteresting features. A duplicate set of steam mains has beenprovided, the feed piping is also practically in duplicate, me-chanical stokers are fitted to the boilers, and special apparatusfor handling coal and ashes has been installed. The main en-gines generally are equipped with independent condenser units,and the condensing water intake is the special feature. Archi-tecturally, the building is a massive, dignified structure, inkeeping with the character of its contents, and it is a con-spicuous addition to the town of Hampton. The plant was built by the Newport News & Old Point Rail-way & Electric Company to operate a trolley line from

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