CHAPTER XXI

ELECTRIC LOCOMOTION AND OUR NATIONAL LIFE 269

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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ELECTRICITY. BY H. L. SHINDLER _Frontispiece_

1. QUEEN VICTORIA’S TRAIN ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 3

2. NINE WILLANS-SIEMENS DYNAMO SETS FOR ELECTRIC TRACTION, 700 H.P. EACH 7

3. THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY 12

4. WATERLOO AND CITY RAILWAY’S NEW PATTERN CAR 25

5. THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD ELECTRIC RAILWAY 29

6. PLAN OF A BEHR MONO-RAILWAY CAR 35

7. INTERIOR OF A BEHR MONO-RAILWAY CAR 44

8. ELECTRICAL POWER HOUSE (THE LARGEST IN THE OLD WORLD), LOT’S ROAD, CHELSEA, TO SUPPLY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND OTHER RAILWAYS WITH CURRENT 53

9. A 2,000 H.P. WESTINGHOUSE STEAM TURBINE, RESEMBLING THE TURBO-GENERATORS (EACH OF 7,500 H.P.) IN THE CHELSEA POWER HOUSE 55

10. A NEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY CAR 56

11. A TYPICAL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATOR--TWO DYNAMOS, EACH OF ABOUT 1,600 H.P. 69

12. A 3,000 H.P. TRIPLE EXPANSION CENTRAL VALVE ELECTRICAL ENGINE 76

13. SHIELD AT WORK IN A TUBE RUNNING TUNNEL 79

14. THE WESTERN APPROACH TO PICCADILLY 123

15. TRAM-CAR IN PARIS EQUIPPED FOR COMBINED OVERHEAD TROLLEY AND SURFACE CONTACT SYSTEM 133

16. CROSS LANE JUNCTION, SALFORD. THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLICATED OVERHEAD TROLLEY CROSSING IN THE KINGDOM 135

17. BOILER ROOM, LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS CO.’S POWER HOUSE AT CHISWICK, FITTED WITH VICARS’ AUTOMATIC STOKERS 157

18. A LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS COMPANY TRAM-CAR 159

19. FAÇADE OF QUEEN’S ROAD CAR-SHED, MANCHESTER CORPORATION TRAMWAYS 170

20. VIEW NEAR DUDLEY STATION, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, SHOWING A STEAM TRAM-CAR 175

21. VIEW AT CASTLE HILL, DUDLEY, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, SHOWING AN ELECTRIC TRAM-CAR 181

22. CAMPS BAY, CAPE TOWN, AND SEAPOINT TRAMWAYS 183

23. BOSTON SUBWAY, SHOWING ENTRANCE AT THE PUBLIC GARDENS 193

24. NEW YORK SUBWAY IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION. CAR TRAFFIC MAINTAINED 195

25. NEW YORK SUBWAY, SHOWING HOW IT WAS BUILT 197

26. ELECTRIC CARRIAGE ENTIRELY OF BRITISH CONSTRUCTION 201

27. A “CROWDUS” ELECTRIC CARRIAGE 205

28. AN ELECTRIC VICTORIA WITH BRITISH STORAGE BATTERIES 207

29. A “FISCHER” COMBINATION OMNIBUS 211

30. THE “HERCULES” TRACTION ENGINE, AS USED DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR 217

31. A TEN-TON ELECTRIC TROLLEY 219

32. AN ELECTRIC TRADESMAN’S-VAN 220

33. ANOTHER TYPE OF THE “FISCHER” COMBINATION OMNIBUS 222

34. ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERIES 237

35. ELECTRIC LAUNCH ON THE THAMES 248

36. WHERE THE POOR LIVE 280

TUBE, TRAIN, TRAM, AND CAR