. The street railway review . t>i. iiiiii »r/ PIPING OF LOS ANGELES RAILWAY AND P.\CIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY POWER HOUSES. entire length of the engine room and is supported on columns, 15ft. of the width of the room being reserved for the high-tension machinery thus far installed consists of one horizontal cross driven by a tandem compound engine. There is also a motor-driven exciter of the same capacity, the motor being a soo-volt ma-chine built by the Northern Electric Co., of Madison, Wis. Thegenerators and both exciters are also of .the same make. This com- May 20, 19
. The street railway review . t>i. iiiiii »r/ PIPING OF LOS ANGELES RAILWAY AND P.\CIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY POWER HOUSES. entire length of the engine room and is supported on columns, 15ft. of the width of the room being reserved for the high-tension machinery thus far installed consists of one horizontal cross driven by a tandem compound engine. There is also a motor-driven exciter of the same capacity, the motor being a soo-volt ma-chine built by the Northern Electric Co., of Madison, Wis. Thegenerators and both exciters are also of .the same make. This com- May 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 251. prises all of the generaliiig apparatus which is now installed. Theseengines are arranged in a row along the center of the engine roomand spaces of 14 ft. 6 in. are left between the concrete foundations. ■In these spaces are located the condensers, air pumps and condenserpumps. The pumps are driven by Westinghouse electric motors some ofwhich are 2,200-volt induction motors and the others 500-volt directcurrent motors. The condensers are the Wheeler Admiralty receivers are located between the high and low pressure cylindersof the engine and all of the space in tne condenser pit on one sideof the row of foundations is given to piping and all on the otherside, exclusively to transformers and wiring. Provision has been made in the engine room for another engine-driven exciter and three more engine-driven alternators each kw. capacity. Specifications are out for this apparatus and thecontract for the generators has been let to the Bullock Electric Man-ufacturing Co. The
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