UNIQUE N.Z. BUILT VEHICLE CLEANS TUNNEL INTERIOR
THE NEW ZEALANDERS HAVE DEVELOPED A TUNNEL-WASHING TRUCK WHICH CAN BE USED AS A STREET CLEANER OR EMERGENCY FIRE- DOUSING VEHICLE. THE SEVEN-TON CHASIS HAS TWO FRONT SPRAYS WHICH, COMBINED WITH SIDE-FLUSHERS ARE USED FOR WASHING THE STREETS. A MOVEABLE SIDE-MOUNTED BOOM WHICH CAN BE SWUNG INTO A VERTICAL POSITION FOR CLEANING THE TUNNEL, HAS HIGH SPEED NOZZLES ON IT. THE TRUCK CARRIES 1000 GALLONS OF WATER AND 45 GALLONS OF DETERGENTS. THE PUMPING POWER IS PROVIDED BY A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PROVIDING 50-LB PRESSURE PER SQUARE INCH. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
N/A
, United States - Publication Date: 1967-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 69
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Serial:
- Road Transp & Contracting /New Zealand/
- Volume: 15
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: N/A
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Centrifugal pumps; Detergents; Development; Fire fighting; Flushing; Nozzles; Sprayers; Streets; Trucks; Tunnels; Washing
- Old TRIS Terms: Booms
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00218188
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 10 2004 5:48PM