. The Street railway journal . FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF Sooo-KW GENERATING UNIT started some weeks before, and everything is now in readiness forthe substitution of electricity for steam on the Second Avenue di-vision, the first to be operated electrically. Enough motor cars havenot yet arrived, however, to make this change all at once, and theelectrical trains will probably be sandwiched in between those drawnby steam locomotives, until the entire line is equipped. Invita-. VIEW IN BOILER HOUSE cal cylinders. Each unit consists of two distinct engines, direct-coupled to a 5000-kw Westinghouse
. The Street railway journal . FRONT AND REAR VIEWS OF Sooo-KW GENERATING UNIT started some weeks before, and everything is now in readiness forthe substitution of electricity for steam on the Second Avenue di-vision, the first to be operated electrically. Enough motor cars havenot yet arrived, however, to make this change all at once, and theelectrical trains will probably be sandwiched in between those drawnby steam locomotives, until the entire line is equipped. Invita-. VIEW IN BOILER HOUSE cal cylinders. Each unit consists of two distinct engines, direct-coupled to a 5000-kw Westinghouse 11,000-volt generator, placedbetween them. At 75 r. p. m., the normal speed, current at 25 cyclesis produced. The cranks are placed at an angle of 135 deg., sothat eight impulses are received by the shaft during each revolu-tion, and this, together with the great weight of the revolving field,approximately 190 tons, renders an auxiliary fly-wheel unnec-essary. Two views of one of these mammoth generating sets, by farthe largest so far installed anywhere, are given, that taken from
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