. The Street railway journal . SWITCHBOARD 13TH & MOUNT VERNON^STREETS POWER STATION—FRONT AND REAR VIEW and fortunately but one of these had been delivered at thetime of the fire. The dynamo-electric generators were built by the West-inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and arefour in number. These machines are of the Engine Type, and are ratedat 1500 kw., 2730 amps, and 550 volts at 80 revolutions per field due to the series coils is principally at the commutat-ing pole tip. The series and shunt coils are separately wound and in-sulated, and have an air space between them when in posi-
. The Street railway journal . SWITCHBOARD 13TH & MOUNT VERNON^STREETS POWER STATION—FRONT AND REAR VIEW and fortunately but one of these had been delivered at thetime of the fire. The dynamo-electric generators were built by the West-inghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and arefour in number. These machines are of the Engine Type, and are ratedat 1500 kw., 2730 amps, and 550 volts at 80 revolutions per field due to the series coils is principally at the commutat-ing pole tip. The series and shunt coils are separately wound and in-sulated, and have an air space between them when in posi-tion on the field. This prevents any heat from being con-ducted from one to the other. This construction of thecoils allows examination of the inner as well as outer sur- 696 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIV. No. 11. face in case of injury of any sort The series coils are ofcopper bars wound on edge, with air spaces between theturns. Each series coil consists of 2.\ turns of 1^ x 2| cop-per bars. The armature is 128
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