Huge Boilers Ordered from Home We understand that the Shang-aal Municipal Council, Electricity' Dept. for their latest extension have recently ordered two Babcock and Wilcox C. T. M. water tube boilers, and one Stirling water tube boiler each having 15,212 4, ft. of heating surface, which ae any engineer will appreciate are very large units.
Each of these boilers is also, it~ ted with superheaters and superposed Contraflow economizer and air preheaters of the very latest design, for this plant induced draft: and forced draft plication of pulverized fuel equi ment.
As each of the above boiler units are capable of a continuous evaporation of 185,000 Ibs. steam per hour at 375 Ibs. per sq. me) working pressure, it will be apparent that the Electrici Department of our Shanghai Muni-_ lciyality is still to the forefront when competed with the largest electric power generating stations in Great Britain, America and other countries of the world regards large boiler units, high boiler evaporations and high' boiler' working pressures, which to-day is considered by all authorities to be the best prestige.
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