Identifier: streetrailwayrev05amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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words of descrip-tion. The building overlooks the ocean and is madechiefly of glass, there being 100,000 square feet of glassin the structure, which has a frontage of 350 feet on theocean. It is brilliantly lighted at night by electric light,and it is so large that it can accommodate several thou- almost as elaborate as the intake, for by means of a systemof piping all refuse water is emptied at a point where atidal current takes it out of reach of the baths. Theocean side of the building is so constructed that the rushof water from any tidal wave that might be bent on mis-chief will force open the panes of glass in the side of thebuilding and go through the building without causing anydamage. Truly there is nothing like the Sutro bathsanywhere in the world. WHITES STEEL SNOW PLOW. Snow plows are in great request for about four monthsin the year, according of course to the latitude andlongitude in which a street car line is located. TheWest End Street Railway Company, Boston, Brooklyn
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WHITE S STEEL SNOW ILOW. sand persons a day. Seats have been placed for 5,000persons, while the spacious grounds will easily hold50,000. There are six tanks, the largest being 275 feetby 150 feet, with depth of water from 2 feet to 7 feet 9inches. On the other side of the building, separatedfrom the main tank, are five smaller ones 75 by 28 feet,four of which contain warm water. Each dressing roomhas a shower bath. Mr. Sutro devised an ingenious method for supplyinghis baths with a constant supply of fresh ocean water.Observing the height to which the waves came, heblasted a basin in the solid rock of the cliff which formsthe shore line, into which the water falls. The wavesrise twelve feet, and the overflow runs through a tunnelto ah elaborate system of canals, which distribute it auto-matically by means of gates to the various tanks, asrequired. There is also an emergency pipe which iscapable of bringing in 5,000 gallons of water a minute ifthe tide happens to be exceptionally low.

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