. Electric railway review . Sansom Street Substation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company—Cross Section of Building. channels hung from carriage bolts imbedded in the concrete, main cables from the rotary transformers to the converters,and on the walls are steel racks punched to receive adjust- The cross section of the station shows the arrangement able malleable iron brackets, are also similar to those at of blower compartments and pressure chambers, and theGlenside. The station is supplied with alternating current at 13,000. Sansom Street Substation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company—Plan of
. Electric railway review . Sansom Street Substation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company—Cross Section of Building. channels hung from carriage bolts imbedded in the concrete, main cables from the rotary transformers to the converters,and on the walls are steel racks punched to receive adjust- The cross section of the station shows the arrangement able malleable iron brackets, are also similar to those at of blower compartments and pressure chambers, and theGlenside. The station is supplied with alternating current at 13,000. Sansom Street Substation, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company—Plan of First Floor. volts, 3-phase, 25 cycles, by means of three conductor cableslaid underground from the generating plant at Second streetand Wyoming avenue and Beach and Laurel streets; thesealternating-current feeders enter at the Sansom street frontof the building.
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