. Electric railway review . t drivenfrom the main shaft. The suction for each of these oil pumps iken direct from a closed storage reservoir standing onthe machine floor near the water wheels. so interconnected with remote-control, oil-break switchesand air-break, hand-throw switches that either or all of themachines may be connected with either bus. Connecting witheach set of buses is. a line switch. From these line switchesthere are two 3-wire transmission lines, which span theriver and enter a brick transformer station on the oppositeside. In Lliis building are nine 850-kilowatt oil and wat
. Electric railway review . t drivenfrom the main shaft. The suction for each of these oil pumps iken direct from a closed storage reservoir standing onthe machine floor near the water wheels. so interconnected with remote-control, oil-break switchesand air-break, hand-throw switches that either or all of themachines may be connected with either bus. Connecting witheach set of buses is. a line switch. From these line switchesthere are two 3-wire transmission lines, which span theriver and enter a brick transformer station on the oppositeside. In Lliis building are nine 850-kilowatt oil and water cooledStanley transformers, which raise the potential from that of 612 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVII, No. 19. generation, 10,000 volts, to that of transmission, 30,000 this transformer station there are two 30,000-volt trans-mission lines on individual pole lines leading to Portland. 40miles distant. There is also a third transmission line which is fedthrough a line switch from the machine buses. This line. Cazadero Station of the Portland Railway—Gates Leading toPenstocks and Spillway. follows the railway track to Portland, serving the substationsof the railway. The main switchboard of the power station, illustratedherewith, presents a very neat appearance. The board com-prises three generator panels, three exciter pauels, one housepanel, one high-tension control panel for 10,000-volt line to
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