. The Street railway journal . The Exciters are driven by singleexpansion or compound verticalengines of the marine type. The Alternating Current Generators develop the full line voltagein their windings up to I6,500 volts, thus making step-up trans-formers unnecessary. GENERAL OFFICES, = = = SCHENECTADY, N. Y. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. Ill A reactive coil is used with eachConverter to assist in compoundingand in voltage The Sub-Station Switchboardsare made single pole, diminishingthe risk of short circuit.
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