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Attention was given to _ possible transfers of product, and to allow for this, plugged T’s were placed in each line abreast of every take-off in the main pipe alley to the tanks. Proper ‘anchorage for the piping was provided. After six months of operation, the piping shows no buckling or creeping, ‘despite the fact that the runs along the pipe alley is 2500 feet beyond the anchorage. Proper provision was made at connections for the movements of lines. Swing joint assemblies are used. The piping grades uniformly down along the pipe alley to the bulkhead. It has been found that water in prod- uct from ships lurks in the lines along the bulkheads, and to provide for this, a large steel drain box is installed at the extreme north end of the lines. Lines can be drained hrough a plug cock into this box which is providea with a drain through the bulkhead to draw off the water. So that products might be inter- ‘changeable beween tanks, two 1000 gal- lons per minute Worthington rotary pumps, driven by two vertical Troy steam engines were installed. Hach pump is connected to a manifold—one for the gasoline and the other for the fuel oil and slop. Steam Producing Plant For providing steam, there are two 350-horsepower Connelly watertube boilers housed in a galvanized steel boiler house. Each boiler is fitted with two Parsons burners for burning fuel oil. The feed water system consists of duplicate feed pumps drawing from a Worthington open type feed water heater. Raw water is taken from a point 2000 feet distant, through a met- ered 4-inch cast iron line. Steam at 15 pounds pressure is supplied to all welded heating coils in the tanks. The wharf is supplied with steam at 150 pounds pressure, with connections to the main line at regular intervals, for pumping out barges and cleaning ships’ tanks. Steam is also supplied to the buildings and to the pumps in the pump house. Exhaust lines from all Tanker Atlas discharging cargo at Port Socony, Staten Island, N. Y. MARINE REVIEW——September, pumps, except those for emergency use only, are connected to the feed water heater and the steam utilized. Fire Protection System Both fresh and salt water fire lines have been installed. An intake line of 15-inch outside diameter, wrought iron pipe receives water from the sea through an intake box welded to the steel piling, with the center of the pipe inlet at 4 feet below mean low water. This line is connected to a 2000 gallons per minute Lecourtenay fire pump driven by a steam turbine located in the pump house. An 8-inch dry discharge line is car- ried along the pipe alley with four-way hydrants located at 250 feet intervals. The line is also carried to the wharf, where it runs parallel for the entire length of the frontage, with fireboat connections at regular intervals. Branches are taken off to hydrants lo- cated in the vicinity of the aviaion tank, filler tanks and buildings. There is also an 8-inch dry fresh water fire line, connected to the 12-inch city main in Arthur Kill road. Three reel houses containing 500 feet of hose, nozzles and a No. 15 Foamite generator and a supply of powder are located along the east face of the tank field. Actual experiments on full _ size tanks has shown that maximum effici- ency of foam application is obtained when the foam is applied on the sur- face of the oil rather than dropped on it from a height, as is the case for the conventional foamite boxes located at the roof angle. It is also known that foam cannot be carried through pipe except for a relatively short distance as its body breaks down, and for this reason separate lines for the “A” and “B” powders are usually employed where the foam is to be carried fer any great distance. It is also known that foam can be forced through product with no loss ef body or effectiveness. Therefore, a dry powder foam system based on these premises was installed. Eull sited. tests with. tha ssstem on 1935 foam flows have been very satisfactory and it has been approved by the New York fire department. The terminal embodies a number of other interesting features in connection with the storage and economical han- dling of petroleum products. Buiidings of the plant consist of 16 steel framed houses for various specific purposes re- ferred to above. There are also three larger buildings of brick and steel con- struction—the marine administration building of two stories, a large one- story warehouse and a garage and of- fice building. The elecrical and mech- anical equipment of the terminal is complete and of the most modern type. The fleet of the Socony Vacuum Oil Co. during 1934 transported more than 45,000,000 barrels of crude oil and re- fined products. This fleet includes large ocean-going vessels with a total of almost 800,000 deadweight tonnage. For inland waterways and harbor transportation the company also oper- ates 21 self-propelled barges, 140 tow- ing barges and 25 tugs, which handle more than 57,000,000 barrels of oil a year. . The two recently completed ocean- going tankers Socony-VACUUM and MAGNOLIA, sisterships, will use the new terminal, which has been named Port Socony, as their eastern terminal. A new diesel engine exhaust valve, known as the Scrim-Na- tional, has been placed in production by the National Forge & Ordnance Co., Irvineton, Pa. It is hollow forged in one piece, with no welds or plugs, from Nationalloy, that com- pany’s heat and corrosion resistant material. The seat is hardened by a special process. The use of the one-piece, hollow forged design makes it possible to keep these valves at low operating temperatures by either the metallic salt filling or the circulating water methods. The new valve is made in all sizes and designs for use in stand- ard diesel engines above 3% inches in head diameter. One of the world’s largest petroleum marine terminals 21