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No. 11. FOURTH ANTHRACITE DISTRICT. 119<br />

lAvondale.—One 300-hoise power McEven engine to one C. \Y. 200<br />

K. W. Multipolar electric generator.<br />

Bliss.—One 200-horse power McEven engine, directly connected<br />

wilh one Bullock 150 K. \Y. Multipolar electric generator.<br />

One rock tunnel, Txlii feet, from F<strong>org</strong>e to the Red Ash seam,<br />

050 feet long.<br />

Improvements by the Kingston Coal Company.<br />

At the Nos. 1 and 4 shafts electric haulage was installed during<br />

the year L900. The length of haul in each shaft is 3,500 feet. The<br />

motors are ten Ions each in weight, 25 horse power, constructed by<br />

the Genera] Electric Company. Each does the work of 12 mules<br />

and hauls 20 ear trips on level road. The generator is located on<br />

surface. A McEven engine 22x24i inches, 350 horse power. Multipolar<br />

generator operated by belt gearing. Voltage, 250. Full load,<br />

275 volts. Speed, 450. Amperes, 727.

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