. The street railway review . r dimensions of 24 and 44 x 48in. There are also two Westinghous* vertical compound engineswith cylinder dimensions of 13 and 22 x 13 in., each of which drivesa loo-kw. exciter generator. The two large engines arc directconnected to two 750-kw. Wcslinghouse generators and the twoitmallcr engines to two 400-kw. VVcstinghousc generators. Thesegenerators are of the multipolar a. c. type and generate at 400voln pressure. In the basement are located seven 400-kw. trans-formers of the Westinghouse make, by means of which the400-voU current is stepped up to ,000 volts
. The street railway review . r dimensions of 24 and 44 x 48in. There are also two Westinghous* vertical compound engineswith cylinder dimensions of 13 and 22 x 13 in., each of which drivesa loo-kw. exciter generator. The two large engines arc directconnected to two 750-kw. Wcslinghouse generators and the twoitmallcr engines to two 400-kw. VVcstinghousc generators. Thesegenerators are of the multipolar a. c. type and generate at 400voln pressure. In the basement are located seven 400-kw. trans-formers of the Westinghouse make, by means of which the400-voU current is stepped up to ,000 volts, at which pres-•ure it is transmitted to the difTercnt sub-stations along the line. WKSTKRX OTIIO RY, in the general view of the engine room contains seven paueUequipped with static interrupters and low e(|iiipmcnt lightningarresters. There is suffiicienl space remaining in the engine roomfor the installation of another of the i,ooo-li. p. generating unitswhenever it may he required, but at the present time the capacity of. (■■\\i;i! iiiiiisi: AT .ST, M,\itv s, inini the station is more than diuilile what is neeilid fur the requirementsof the road. The engine room is served lluciughout its entirelength by an overhead traveling crane, built by Chislidlni & will be seen in the general view of the engine room the vacantportion of this room is temporarily devoleil lr> Ihe storage of twosnl)-statir)M e(|uipnients wliieh li;i\e .ilready been for 140 RAILWAY RRVIEW. (Vol, XIV. No. 3 that portion of the road between Lima nnd i-indlay which stillremains to be built. The boiler room, part of which is shown in one of the accom-panying illustrations, is equipped with eight Stirling boilers eachof 37S • I- ypacity set in Ixitteriis of two, each battery beingsurmounted by a steel stack 48 in. in diameter and 80 fl. high
Size: 1797px × 1391px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., book, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectstreetrailroads
