Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

16

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

CAST IRON & OTHER METALS/ RUBBER GASKETS/ WOOD PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

3,6 m

Largeur

S/O

Hauteur

7,5 m

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Transports ferroviaires

Catégorie

Activités

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

MCAVITY

Pays

Canada

État/province

New Brunswick

Ville

St. John

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Nouveau-Brunswick

Période

C.1929 TO C.1960

Canada

A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS IN CANADA. IT WAS ONE OF TWO METHODS OF WATER DELIVERY TO A LOCOMOTIVE USED IN CANADA, THE OTHER BEING THE WATER TOWER OR TANK. THE STANDPIPE WAS FOUND MORE COMMONLY IN SETTLED AREAS OR AT RAILWAY TERMINALS BECAUSE IT RECEIVED ITS SUPPLY FROM A WATER MAIN.

Fonction

A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING WATER AT THE TRACKSIDE TO A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TENDER. WATER IS DRAWN FROM A DISTANT TANK, CONTROLLED BY AN UNDERGROUND VALVE. IT FLOWS UP THE PIPE & THROUGH A SPOUT INTO THE TENDER. THE SPOUT CAN BE MOVED VERTICALLY & LATERALLY TO ACCOMODATE LOCOMOTIVES OF DIFFERENT SIZES

Technique

THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STANDPIPE OVER THE WATER TANK WERE THAT IT OCCUPIED LESS PLACE, WAS EASILY OPERATED, & FILLED A TENDER QUICKLY. THE TELESCOPING FENNER DROP SPOUT STANDPIPE APPEARED IN 1904, CONSISTING OF A SPOUT WITH THE UPPER ELBOW TELESCOPING INTO THE SPOUT END FAR ENOUGH TO PREVENT WATER SPLASHING OUT OF THE OPENING. IT ALLOWED A WIDE RANGE OF PERPENDICULAR & LATERAL MOVEMENT.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

CAST `MCAVITY' ON SEVERAL PARTS/ CAST PART NUMBERS ON SEVERAL PARTS

Manque

CAP FROM TOP OF COLUMN

Fini

PRIMARILY BLACK

Décoration

S/O