. Electrical world. ain if the operating characteristics are equal to .American andEuropean make.^. A small steam-driven generator set is exhibitedb; the Shibaura Engineering Works of Tokio, also a 150,000-volttesting transformer. The Oki Company, of Tokio. exhibits a fineassortment of telegraph and telephone instruments and s\vitch-boaids. Several models and photographs of hydraulic electric powerstations are shown, as well as charts indicating the advance of elec- This occupies the southwest corner of the General ElectricCompanys space. Its great size makes it a conspicuous object in
. Electrical world. ain if the operating characteristics are equal to .American andEuropean make.^. A small steam-driven generator set is exhibitedb; the Shibaura Engineering Works of Tokio, also a 150,000-volttesting transformer. The Oki Company, of Tokio. exhibits a fineassortment of telegraph and telephone instruments and s\vitch-boaids. Several models and photographs of hydraulic electric powerstations are shown, as well as charts indicating the advance of elec- This occupies the southwest corner of the General ElectricCompanys space. Its great size makes it a conspicuous object inthe building. The Brazilian space is taken up by a display of telegraph, tele-phone and fire alarm apparatus, porcelain insulators and maps andcharts showing the extent of telephone and telegraph lines in thegreat republic. Oiie illustration shows the traveling crane over the main aislealong the w est side of the building. The craneway has a span of 57ft. 5/4 in. Upon this is a four-motor. 30-ton electric crane fur-. ijlJ FIG. 13.—PAWLING & H.\RNISCHF£GER CRANE. nished by Pawling & Harnischfeger. A 20-hp, 220-volt motor givesa horizontal speed of 250 ft. per minute, an 8-hp motor gives atrolley transverse speed of 150 ft. The main hoist is equipped witha 30-hp motor, having a speed of 25 ft., and the auxiliary hoist witha 15-hp motor, and has a travel from 30 to 90 ft. per minute. Thecrane proved very serviceable in the installation of e-xhibits. The De Forest wireless telegraph station in the Electricity Build-ing consists of three 75-ft. towers, the bases of which may be seenin the illustration. The sending and receiving instruments are placed
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