. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 4.—CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY. The engines are supplied with steam from six Lanca-shire boilers, 7 feet diameter by 28 feet long, which arefitted with mechanical stokers. Two large feed waterheaters are also supplied, with brass tubes of ample sur-face, for receiving the whole of the exhaust steam fromhe engine without back FIG. 2.—Cl TV AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY. FIG. 3. The whole of the machinery for generating the elec-trical current at Stockwell, the Nnburban ter-minus of the line. At this point a com|il(^te plant hasbeen erected
. Electric railway gazette . FIG. 4.—CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY. The engines are supplied with steam from six Lanca-shire boilers, 7 feet diameter by 28 feet long, which arefitted with mechanical stokers. Two large feed waterheaters are also supplied, with brass tubes of ample sur-face, for receiving the whole of the exhaust steam fromhe engine without back FIG. 2.—Cl TV AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY. FIG. 3. The whole of the machinery for generating the elec-trical current at Stockwell, the Nnburban ter-minus of the line. At this point a com|il(^te plant hasbeen erected for the generation of the electrical 1, 2 and 3 are |) and an elevation,^f the 4 .shows the general design of the engines andmethod of belting them to the generators. Ihereaiethree large dynamos of the IJilison-IIopkinson type,each worked independently by a vertical compoundengine, designed and constructed by .John Fowler & Co. .Tlie engines work at a steam pressure of 140 poundsper .siiiiaro inch, and have been built of exceptionally Edison Ilopkinson dynamos are litlcd with bar arma-tures, Ihe weight of the armature .Mlone is about 2 tons,and the weight of entire machine something over 17tons. Each machine is capable of generating-150 voltsand 150 amperes. TIk! commutators are of hard cnp|)(!rinsMlat,(^d with mica. The magnet
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