. The Street railway journal . May 9, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 773 lery, designed to control the alternating and exciting currentfrom all sources, was planned and is nearing completion. The new building is a brick and steel structure of at-tractive appearance. The brick walls are built into a steelframe work which supports the floors and roof. Exteriorwalls are trimmed in terra cotta. The floors are of steeland concrete. The roof is provided with a monitor con-taining skylights and ventilators and the side walls containnumerous windows, all of which may be swung open forventilation. Fig.
. The Street railway journal . May 9, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 773 lery, designed to control the alternating and exciting currentfrom all sources, was planned and is nearing completion. The new building is a brick and steel structure of at-tractive appearance. The brick walls are built into a steelframe work which supports the floors and roof. Exteriorwalls are trimmed in terra cotta. The floors are of steeland concrete. The roof is provided with a monitor con-taining skylights and ventilators and the side walls containnumerous windows, all of which may be swung open forventilation. Fig. 2 shows the front of the new station ascompleted and the old portion removed, and Fig. 3 showsa general view of the Pratt Street power station. The rated capacity of all the machines in the new gen-erator room is 20,400 kw and provisions have been made THE TURBO-UNIT This unit consists of a Curtis turbine and a 5500-kw,13,200-volt, three-phase, 25-cycle generator. Fig. 4, taken.
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