. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF THE COS COB POWER STATION tion of trains over a trunk line railway system whose over-head and motor equipment has been described in the lasttwo issues of this paper. The station, in addition to furnish-ing single-phase current for the operation of electric trainsover the New Haven Railroad, also delivers three-phase cur- The general style of architecture of the power housebuilding is Spanish mission; the walls being constructed ofplain-faced concrete blocks, the color of which forms apleasing contrast with the red Spanish tile roof. The entire are
. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF THE COS COB POWER STATION tion of trains over a trunk line railway system whose over-head and motor equipment has been described in the lasttwo issues of this paper. The station, in addition to furnish-ing single-phase current for the operation of electric trainsover the New Haven Railroad, also delivers three-phase cur- The general style of architecture of the power housebuilding is Spanish mission; the walls being constructed ofplain-faced concrete blocks, the color of which forms apleasing contrast with the red Spanish tile roof. The entire area of the site selected was practically solid. COALING BRIDGE AND APPARATUS AT THE COS COB POWER STATION rent to the Port Morris power house of the New York Cen-tral to compensate for the energy required to operate theNew Haven trains over the line of the New York Centralsystem. POWER-HOUSE BUILDINGThe power house is located adjacent to the main line ofthe railroad and on the bank of the Mianus* River at a point rock with but a few inches of earth above it, and necessi-tated blasting the excavation for the basement and the con-denser intake and discharge flumes. The material excavated was a gneiss rock, which provedexcellent for concrete aggregate; furnishing, after crushingand screening, all the broken stone required for the build-ing, and sufficient quantity of crusher screenings in lieu of t August 31, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 309 sand for the concrete of the exterior walls. The buildingwalls, below the water-table, and the machinery foundationsare monolithic concrete. The water-table and the wallsabove it, including the
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