. The Street railway journal . REACTIVE COILS AND BLOWER TRANSFORMERS 1^ ^. ROTARY CONVERTER, LIGHTS ANDTELEPHONE FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF THE SWITCHBOARD The ventilation of the car is taken care of not only bythe doors and windows, but also by a number of ventilatingopenings placed in the sides of the car near the of these openings are provided on each side of thecar and all six are protected from the weather by hinge-cover flaps which open outward and can be shut. All inside woodwork, including the floor, walls, ceiling, isprotected from fire by being covered with asbestos board
. The Street railway journal . REACTIVE COILS AND BLOWER TRANSFORMERS 1^ ^. ROTARY CONVERTER, LIGHTS ANDTELEPHONE FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF THE SWITCHBOARD The ventilation of the car is taken care of not only bythe doors and windows, but also by a number of ventilatingopenings placed in the sides of the car near the of these openings are provided on each side of thecar and all six are protected from the weather by hinge-cover flaps which open outward and can be shut. All inside woodwork, including the floor, walls, ceiling, isprotected from fire by being covered with asbestos board,thus making the car as nearly fireproof as can be done witha wooden-bodied car. when starting or stopping the rotary. The views show notonly the outside of the car and the apparatus inside, butalso the hook switches which were mounted outside the carin order that the 11,000-volt power might be entirely cut outof it when not in use. The car has proved a considerable help in handling thetraffic at its summer location and is likely to prove ofequal or greater assistance at
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