. The street railway review . wall. Ihe roof trusses are of wood and steel and the roof is of2-in. plank tongucd and grooved, covered with tar paper. Bothroofs have large ventilators running nearly their entire length, pro-vided with adjustable sash. The construction of this power housewas begun in the spring of 1902 and the machinery is not all in-stalled at the present time. Ihe engine room is 76 ft. 6 in. by 285ft. and the boiler room is 50 x 52 ft. .At one end of the building 32ft. are cut off from Ihe boiler room to form a passageway of the en-gine rooms of the two houses. The engine room
. The street railway review . wall. Ihe roof trusses are of wood and steel and the roof is of2-in. plank tongucd and grooved, covered with tar paper. Bothroofs have large ventilators running nearly their entire length, pro-vided with adjustable sash. The construction of this power housewas begun in the spring of 1902 and the machinery is not all in-stalled at the present time. Ihe engine room is 76 ft. 6 in. by 285ft. and the boiler room is 50 x 52 ft. .At one end of the building 32ft. are cut off from Ihe boiler room to form a passageway of the en-gine rooms of the two houses. The engine room floor beams are , supported on cast iron colunms; the permanent floor is to beof concrete. A 30-ton traveling crane having a 60 ft. span runs the compound condensing engine of 1,700 h. p. capacity, direct connectedto a Wcstinghouse, 1,050-kw. generator; one engine of the same typeof h. p. capacity direct connectij to a Stanley three-phase, 50-cycle alternating current generator of 1,500 kw. capacity. A dtipli-. I)l.\(;itAMMATII SEOTION OK IOVVUR HOUSE, RAILWAY CO. cate of the latter unit is now installed. These three engines run ata speed of 12O r. p. m. Beyond these units is an engine-driven ex-citer of 60 kw. capacity generating current at no volts. This is f\£i^fiyA^^A1xS. .JJMI ■)■■ ^ •
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