. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—INTERIOR OF POWER STATION—HOOSICK FALLS ELECTRIC RAILWAY bracket work, the former being employed within the citylimits of Hoosick Falls. The No. 00 trolley wire is usedthroughout, paralleled by a main of like capacity. TheNo. 00 trolley wire is yet something of an innovation, buthas proven itself to be a step forward, as the resultsobtained from its use are more than proportionately bet- FIG. 2.—SWITCHBOARD—HOOSICK FALLS ELECTRIC RAILWAY. by the Worcester Construction Company, of Worcester,Mass. A new iron bridge, built and erected by the BostonBridge Com


. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—INTERIOR OF POWER STATION—HOOSICK FALLS ELECTRIC RAILWAY bracket work, the former being employed within the citylimits of Hoosick Falls. The No. 00 trolley wire is usedthroughout, paralleled by a main of like capacity. TheNo. 00 trolley wire is yet something of an innovation, buthas proven itself to be a step forward, as the resultsobtained from its use are more than proportionately bet- FIG. 2.—SWITCHBOARD—HOOSICK FALLS ELECTRIC RAILWAY. by the Worcester Construction Company, of Worcester,Mass. A new iron bridge, built and erected by the BostonBridge Company, spans theNorth Hoosick River at NorthHoosick. This bridge is shownon the opposite page. The rolling stock consists ofthree eighteen foot, closed motorcars, three ten bench, open mo-tor cars, two open tiail cars andone snow plow. The motorequipments consist of twotwenty-five horse power motorsper car, two series multiple con-trollers, a starting rheostat, afuse block, a lightning arresterand a main cut-out switch.


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