. Electric railway journal . ded. February 12, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 325 Two Large New Power Plants Two power plants for generating wholesale energy,one by steam and the other by water power, are be-ing built by the Ohio State Power Company within 1mile of Freemont, Ohio, on the Sandusky River. A sub-stantial part of the output of both plants is under con-tract to the Lake Shore Electric Railway and the Amer-ican Gas & Electric Companys Ohio property, the OhioLight & Power Company. The latter has contracted to usea minimum of 8,000,000 a year, distributing it toFostoria, Freem
. Electric railway journal . ded. February 12, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 325 Two Large New Power Plants Two power plants for generating wholesale energy,one by steam and the other by water power, are be-ing built by the Ohio State Power Company within 1mile of Freemont, Ohio, on the Sandusky River. A sub-stantial part of the output of both plants is under con-tract to the Lake Shore Electric Railway and the Amer-ican Gas & Electric Companys Ohio property, the OhioLight & Power Company. The latter has contracted to usea minimum of 8,000,000 a year, distributing it toFostoria, Freemont, Tiffin and other neighboring cities,and the railway has contracted to use at least 17,000, annually. Transmission circuits for light andpower will be operated at 60 cycles, 66,000 volts, and therailway transmission will be at 60 cycles, 19,100 latter is rather an unusual potential but wasadopted to permit the use of the substation apparatusformerly operated on an 18,000-volt, 25-cycle STEAM PLANT OF OHIO STATE POWER COMPANY UNDER CON-STRUCTION The steam plant equipment includes three 6250-kva.,, 4000-volt, horizontal Allis-Chalmers turbo-generators with direct-connected exciters, four & Wilcox boilers operated at 250-lb. pressureand 125-deg. superheat, and equipped with a special typeof underfeed stoker. The steam plant will containtransformer and switching apparatus sufficient to handlethe entire output of both stations. The coal-handlingfacilities consist of a grab bucket operated from aPawling & Harnischfeger monorail crane, which willtake coal from cars or from a 2000-ton outdoor storagearea and convey it to bunkers supported over the firingaisle. Ashes will be handled by the same crane. Theratio of maximum kilowatt-hours output to square feetof floor area in this plant will be as 1 is to , which isconsidered low for a plant of this size. The water-power plant equipment includes three1000-kva., , 4000
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