. The Street railway journal . kof the group of buildings on the hillside is a standpipe, andsomewhat forward of this is a large well sunk to a depth of30 ft. and usually full of water. The standpipe is keptfilled with water for fire and car-washing purposes, andwhen emptied to a certain point the boiler is fired and thewater pumped from the well to fill the standpipe. In the transformer room are six step-down transformers,built by the General Electric Company, and of its typeH, each having a capacity of 30,000 volts and adapted fora 60-cycle transmission. On a line at right angles withthese t
. The Street railway journal . kof the group of buildings on the hillside is a standpipe, andsomewhat forward of this is a large well sunk to a depth of30 ft. and usually full of water. The standpipe is keptfilled with water for fire and car-washing purposes, andwhen emptied to a certain point the boiler is fired and thewater pumped from the well to fill the standpipe. In the transformer room are six step-down transformers,built by the General Electric Company, and of its typeH, each having a capacity of 30,000 volts and adapted fora 60-cycle transmission. On a line at right angles withthese transformers and with the station switchboard aretwo rotary converters of the General Electric type, 4-75-1800, and of a capacity on the direct current side of 136amps, at 550 volts. On the three-phase side the voltageis 340, delivered from the step-down transformers. Thespeed of the converters is 1800. The switchboard is ofmarble, and contains two Weston continuous current am-meters, two Thomson alternating current ammeters, a. SIDE ELEVATION OF FRAME ANDSUCTION OF MONITOR. SIDE ELEVATION OF BUILDING Street Ry. Journal WESTWOOD CAR HOUSE and another pit running at right angles permits motors tobe brought from the pit to the surface on an inclined planeoverhead. In the car house are cranes and hydraulic ap-paratus of sufficient strength to make it possible to lift acar while trucks are moved and replaced or motors at-tached. In the pits are steam pipes connected with a boilerin the transformer station, by means of which the barnwill be kept warm and the cars dried out in winter. Atthe rear of the car house are the repair shops, consisting Weston ammeter for the battery circuit, and necessaryswitches, automatic cutouts, battery circuit breakers, etc. The waiting room at Westwood is also built of fieldstone, and, in addition to accommodations for passengers,contains a cigar, confectionery and news stand and otherconveniences of a similar character. It has a large openfire-place, w
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