Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-04
NEW GAS APPARATUS AT W0RK.
Tanner 4 Delaney's New Condenser aud
scrubber at the City Gas-Works.

Tanner 4 Delaney's New Condenser aud
scrubber at the City Gas-works.
Yesterday evening the new condenser
and scrubbcr which have lust been erected
10y the Tanner 4 Delaney Engine Com
pany. Of this city. was set to work at
thc gas-h0u>e. The condensers haye
capacity Of l,000000 cubic feet per
twenty-four hours; they are OF the'
kind known ~ "atmOspherical," and
cmbody several new features intro
duced by the maker.-One OF the principal
departures from the Old-style condenser
being series Of irlctional plates, the sug-
gestion OF Mr.. Adams, the Assi,tant Super
ntendcnt Of the Gus-W Works. The con-
denser il yeIy large apparatus,
and consists OF twelve annular and
lrictiOnal columns. each thirty-siX inches
in diameter and twenty-four feet
high, the gas passing up one and
down the ether through the entire series.
the amount Of condensation being nicely
regulated by means OF thrOttle-valyes fixed
in the base Of each column. The scrubber
j. forty-two feet high aud six feet I'm diane
ter. filed with boards on edge. The gas
upon leaving the cOndcnsers passes i'm az
the base OF the scrubber and ascends. meet
ing in its course the falling water. which i,
supplied by = sprinkling apparatus from
the top. The whole Of the work is put up
in first-class style and reflects great credit
on the manufacturers. Mr. Alexander De-
laney and Mr.. w. Simpkin have personally
supcriniended the construction and erec-
tion Of the apparatus. Quite 4 goodly
number OF gentlemen gathered at the 2as-
works to see the apparatus.
The Tanner Delaney Engine Company.
in honor OF the event, secured the services
Of that excellent caterer, Mr.. William
krause, who prepared a nice collation. for
the gentlemen present. Colonel William
L. Tanner bid all present hearty well
come, and during the course OF the repast
Mr.. Bowie, chairman OF the Committee on
Light, proposed the health Of the yete-
ran eX-SuperIntendent OF the Gas Works,
Mr.. Charles Campbell. who, in re-
sponse. laid that in 1861 he. together
with Mr.. Richard o. IIaskins, then a
member OF the City Council, purchased the
present plant. giving their personal obli-
cations 10 the owner OF the land in pay
ment for the same. Afterwards they sold
the land to the city for the exact sum paid
by them. Mr.. Campbell selected the site
after having ascertained that il was four
feet above the higb-water mark OF 1S47,
which, up TO the time that Mr.. Campbell
made the survey. was the highest water
mark ever known in Richmond. Mr..
Campbell built good many OF the houses
that are yet used.
Colonel w. L. Tanner, president; Alex.
ander Delaney. superintendent. and W.
Simpkin, engineer, were very cordial
and attentive to the guests present. The
absence OF the present worthy Superin-
tendent OF the Gas-Works was very much
regretted.
The manufacture Of this apparatus by
the Tanner 4 Delaney Engine Company
caused to be retained here about Sij, 900
that would otherwise have been spent out.
side OF Richmond.
These are said TO be the only condensers
OF the kind erected to-day In the United
States.