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Caption: Engineering Open House Guide - 1920 (Watt Centennial)
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Second Floor Museum cases of the Department of Mining Engineering. Appliances used in connection with: Blasting, ventilation of mines, prospecting for minerals, the separation of metals from their ores, the coking of coal and the separation of the by-products. Models of coal and ore mines. Stereoscopes of mining scenes in South Africa. IX. Boiler Room of Power House The boilers furnish steam for the power, light, and heat used in the University Buildings. The buildings are heated mainly by the exhaust steam from the engines. 1. Note the conveying system which automatically conveys the coal from the car to the furnace and conveys the ashes from the furnace to auto trucks. Two batteries of Babcock and Wilcox boilers with two boilers in each battery. Each boiler is rated at 500horse power. One more battery is being installed. X. Engine Room of Power House Note the three types of engines used for generating 60-cycle, alternating electric current. 1. 2. 3. Ball non-releasing Corliss engine generates at 440 volts. Westinghouse vertical single acting engine generates at 440 volts. Horizontal Curtis steam turbine generates at 2300 volts. XL Mechanical Engineering Laboratory 2. Devoted mainly to instruction and research work in problems which deal with the generation, transmission, and utilization of power obtained from steam, oil, and gas, including the heating and ventilation of buildings.
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