. Electric railway journal . July 15, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. in. 112 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3. and the Curtis turbine. The turbine condenser is of thebase type subdivided into two sections. The engine con-denser is of the standard form having 2400 sq. ft. of coolingsurface. The wet-vacuum pump for the latter condenseris connected so that it may be used to remove air from theintake and assist the smooth running of the large circulat-ing pumps. All the condensing machinery is located in the Illinois Traction Power Station—33,000-Volt Busbar Room basement beneath t
. Electric railway journal . July 15, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. in. 112 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXVIII, No. 3. and the Curtis turbine. The turbine condenser is of thebase type subdivided into two sections. The engine con-denser is of the standard form having 2400 sq. ft. of coolingsurface. The wet-vacuum pump for the latter condenseris connected so that it may be used to remove air from theintake and assist the smooth running of the large circulat-ing pumps. All the condensing machinery is located in the Illinois Traction Power Station—33,000-Volt Busbar Room basement beneath the generating machinery, as are thepumps for the Turner oil-filtering system and the step-bearing pressure pumps. Two 4000-hp feed-water heaters have been installed, oneof Cochrane and the other of Webster manufacture. Theseheaters are so connected by piping that either one may berun singly or the two may be run in multiple. They useonly the exhaust from the steam auxiliaries. Two H. R. Worthington boiler-feed pumps, each largeenough for the ultimate installation, hav
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