Electrical news and engineering . y terminal stationwill contain a total of 8,500 transformer capacity to takecare of the city of Calgary and the Cement Company. Thisapparatus is being supplied by the Canadian Westinghouse, as isalso all switching equipment for both stations. The dam and headworks are making good progress and every-thing points to the probability that the plant will be in opera-tion early in the spring. Already the demand for more power has necessitated the plac-ing of an order for a third unit, provision for which was made inthe originail plan of the power house as sho
Electrical news and engineering . y terminal stationwill contain a total of 8,500 transformer capacity to takecare of the city of Calgary and the Cement Company. Thisapparatus is being supplied by the Canadian Westinghouse, as isalso all switching equipment for both stations. The dam and headworks are making good progress and every-thing points to the probability that the plant will be in opera-tion early in the spring. Already the demand for more power has necessitated the plac-ing of an order for a third unit, provision for which was made inthe originail plan of the power house as shown in the figure. Thethird turbine will be 6,000 capacity and is already beingbuilt. The Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company, of Cleveland,Ohio, have the order. The third generator will have a capacityof 4,000 , and will be installed by the Canadian Genera)Electric Company. The installation of this third unit is to becompleted early in the year. Smith, Kerry & Chace, Toronto,are the consulting engineers. ^Tc^f—5 fXff ~. General plan Calgary Power (iompaiiys GcniTal iiig Phiiit. IvaiianasUis lnlls, l?ow T{ivci 44 CANADIAN ELECTRICAL NEWS New Electric Freight Locomotive Jhe accoiiipaiiyiiig illustration represents un eilectric locomo-tive for freight service recently built by the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks for the Gait, Preston & Hespeler Street Railway Com-pany. The mechanical parts of this locomotive were finishedand assembled at the Baldwin Locomotive WorUs, and themachine was then shipped to the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-facturing Company, by whom the electrical equipment was madeand applied. This locomotive is of double swivelling truck type,with rigid frame and centrally located cab. The trucks are ofthe equalized pedestal type, with square wrought iron framesand semi-ellipitic springs. Each axle carries a motor, -which iswound for 550 volts. The wheels have cast iron centres, withsteel tires bolted on. The flanges, journals, and boxes are The wheels
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