. Electrical world. has been so arranged that when the coal is deliveredby barge alongside it will be lifted by a crane fixed at the north-western end of the boiler house into a conveyor, and conveyed into Fig. 3.—Plan of Power Station, Leicester Municipal Tramway. Kinnear rolling shutters have been inserted in the doorways oppositethe fronts of the boilers. The generating outfit consists of three 500-hp Gates & Thorn ver-tical cross-compound Corliss condensing engines, direct-connectedto the same number of Dick & Kerr railway generators. In addition loSo ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol. XL
. Electrical world. has been so arranged that when the coal is deliveredby barge alongside it will be lifted by a crane fixed at the north-western end of the boiler house into a conveyor, and conveyed into Fig. 3.—Plan of Power Station, Leicester Municipal Tramway. Kinnear rolling shutters have been inserted in the doorways oppositethe fronts of the boilers. The generating outfit consists of three 500-hp Gates & Thorn ver-tical cross-compound Corliss condensing engines, direct-connectedto the same number of Dick & Kerr railway generators. In addition loSo ELECTRICAL WORLD and ENGINEER. Vol. XLIII, No. 23. to the ordinary governor, which is a very sensitive one, the engineis fitted with a special safety stop, which will operate in case theengines reach a speed of 10 per cent, above the ordinary workingspeed. It will also stop the engine in the event of any failure ofthe governor gear, although it does not interfere with the enginetaking excessive overloads, even beyond the full range of the cut-. off gear. The fly-wheel is 16 ft. diameter, and weighs about 25 very complete system of lubrication has been supplied to theseengines, consisting of two ram pumps worked by a drag shaft fromthe main cranks, and delivering oil under pressure to all the mainbearings about the engines. The switchboard, which was also supplied by Dick. Kerr & of twenty-five panels of white marble, controlling, besidesthe three 500-kw generators, a negative feeder booster set of 20-kwcapacity, a positive feeder booster set of 6o-kw capacity, an auto-matic reversible battery booster set of 40-kw capacity, the stationlighting and motors and the distribution. The battery is composed of 240 cells of the Standard Tudor pat-tern type No. 413 HF ig. It is capable of giving 600 amp. for onehour, or 900 amp. for short periods, and can be charged normallyat 270 amp., or at 450 amp. for short periods. The cells are in lead-lined wood boxes, resting on glass oil insulators. The stands a
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