. The Street railway journal . he porcelain tubes which carry the 13,200-voltlines through the building are spaced 18 ins. apart on station wall is 13 ins. thick except at abutments, wherethe thickness is 30 ins. A hand-power traveling crane sweepsthe entire generating room. The lines are transposed twicebetween Mendon and Rutland. There are two twelve-hourshifts daily at the Mendon power house. The old power house of the Rutland City Electric Companycontains about 1000 hp in steam and electrical equipment,and there was also an old street railway plant at West Rut-land which was sh
. The Street railway journal . he porcelain tubes which carry the 13,200-voltlines through the building are spaced 18 ins. apart on station wall is 13 ins. thick except at abutments, wherethe thickness is 30 ins. A hand-power traveling crane sweepsthe entire generating room. The lines are transposed twicebetween Mendon and Rutland. There are two twelve-hourshifts daily at the Mendon power house. The old power house of the Rutland City Electric Companycontains about 1000 hp in steam and electrical equipment,and there was also an old street railway plant at West Rut-land which was shut down in December, 1905. It contained400 kw in 500-volt generators. Power is now distributed from a main sub-station at Rut-land and from one at Castleton Corners, to the street railwaytrolley circuits. The Rutland sub-station is a one-story build-ing, 30 ft. x 32 ft., with concrete foundations and floor, brickwalls and a roof of concrete and expanded metal. The flooris 6 ins. thick and the roof y/2 ins., supported by INTERIOR OF THE RUTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWERCOMPANYS POWER HOUSE I-beams 18 ins. high, cross-laid with others 8 ins. high and18 lbs. weight per linear foot. A concrete block addition isnow being made to this sub-station to house a motor gener-ator and frequency changer set to be used in connection withthe companys lighting business. The Rutland sub-stationcontains three 125-kw, 13,200-volt to 380-volt transformers, andtwo 150-kw, 600-volt rotary converters, the usual oil switchesand switchboard instruments. A short distance away is a November 24, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL battery house containing 280 cells supplied by the GouldStorage Battery Company, of New York. The battery houseis 30 ft. x 56 ft., is one story high, and has a roof of con-crete slabs with expanded metal, laid on 60-lb. rails used asrafters, with 6-ft. centers, and covered on top with tar, feltand gravel. The floor is of concrete, 3 ins. thick, and thewalls are of brick. The capac
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