. Electric railway journal . is arrangement no GENERATING EQUIPMENT The present generating equipment occupies but one-halfof the floor space provided for engines and turbines. Thusspace is available for doubling the generating equipment ifunits of the present size are installed, or for greatly increas-ing the capacity if desired, since the building, sub-founda-tions, etc., are arranged to accommodate much larger unitsthan now are used. The present main units include one1000-kw General Electric 2300-volt, 25-cycle generator,driven by a Hooven-Owens-Rentschler cross-compound,horizontal engine wi
. Electric railway journal . is arrangement no GENERATING EQUIPMENT The present generating equipment occupies but one-halfof the floor space provided for engines and turbines. Thusspace is available for doubling the generating equipment ifunits of the present size are installed, or for greatly increas-ing the capacity if desired, since the building, sub-founda-tions, etc., are arranged to accommodate much larger unitsthan now are used. The present main units include one1000-kw General Electric 2300-volt, 25-cycle generator,driven by a Hooven-Owens-Rentschler cross-compound,horizontal engine with cylinders 26-in. and 52-in. x , and a 3000-kw Curtis turbine also delivering 2300-volt, 25-cycle current. These two generating units are runin parallel and the station, when desired, is paralleled overa 33,000-volt transmission line with the Riverton powerstation located near Springfield, 112 miles away. Alberger condensers are used for both the Corliss engine no ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXVIII, No. July 15, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. in
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