. Electric railway journal . Illinois Traction Power Station—Boiler Room for the turbine condenser has a capacity of 9000 gal. perminute and that for the Corliss engine condenser 1500 minute. Both pumps are of Blake manufacture. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY In addition to the two 2300-volt, 25-cycle main generatingunits the following machines have been installed on theengine-room floor:. Illinois Traction Power Station—Switchboard Gallery contains forty-two panels. Fourteen of these panels arefor 2300-volt, 60-cycle lighting distribution to Venice,Granite City and Madison, and carry Terrill re
. Electric railway journal . Illinois Traction Power Station—Boiler Room for the turbine condenser has a capacity of 9000 gal. perminute and that for the Corliss engine condenser 1500 minute. Both pumps are of Blake manufacture. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY In addition to the two 2300-volt, 25-cycle main generatingunits the following machines have been installed on theengine-room floor:. Illinois Traction Power Station—Switchboard Gallery contains forty-two panels. Fourteen of these panels arefor 2300-volt, 60-cycle lighting distribution to Venice,Granite City and Madison, and carry Terrill regulators forthe 60-cycle side of the frecuiency changers. There are alsothree exciter panels, three 33,000-volt transformer panelswith Westinghouse remote-control oil circuit-breakers,seven extra panels for additional generators and lines, one It TI4 engine and one turbine panel equipment with motor-oper-ated speed control, six rotary-converter panels, of whichtwo are not used, and seven trolley feeder panels. The switchboard is illuminated by lamps which are placedabout 6 ft. in front of the board and are provided withprojecting reflectors. The switchboard transformers and high-tension and low-tension connections and outlets are symmetrically ar-ranged in accord with the arrangement of switchboardpanels. The busbar and transformer sections of the elec-trical gallerie
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