. The Street railway journal . located atTompkins Avenue and Fulton Street, which servesthe central portion of the .system ; the Halsey sub-station, which serves the eastern district; the Es-> sub-station, which furnishes power to the EastNew York district, and the Coney Island sub-station, which takes care of. the large summer ex-cursion business in that direclinn. There will bea fifth sub-station in Matbush, which has not yetbeen commenced. This station will be near theBrighton Beach line and will supply power to thedistrict now supplied by the Thirty-Ninth Streetpower station. Tiic t
. The Street railway journal . located atTompkins Avenue and Fulton Street, which servesthe central portion of the .system ; the Halsey sub-station, which serves the eastern district; the Es-> sub-station, which furnishes power to the EastNew York district, and the Coney Island sub-station, which takes care of. the large summer ex-cursion business in that direclinn. There will bea fifth sub-station in Matbush, which has not yetbeen commenced. This station will be near theBrighton Beach line and will supply power to thedistrict now supplied by the Thirty-Ninth Streetpower station. Tiic total proposed rotary capacity ofthe sub-stations is as follows: Essex suli-station, 2000 kw;Tompkins sub-station, 3500 kw; Halsey , 7000 DIRECT-CURRENT SWITCHBOARDS, HALSEY AND CONEY ISLAND SU 1^-STATIONS been under the personal supervision of his assistant, C. In the construction a number of interestingengineering details have been introduced, of which a brief 258 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. Strre r-i(■{/ Journal PLAN OF CONEY ISLAND SUB-STATION description should be given. Plans are shown of the tension switchboard to the transformers, from the transformersTompkins, Coney Island and Essex sub-stations, from to the rotaries, and from the rotaries to the direct-current switchboard, is all done by conduits placed in the floor. Theseconduits are made of ordinary 6-in. drain pipe in a number of
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