. The street railway review . breakers, etc. An extra is also located al \tt:i- sub-station fur use as a reserve. At Statiin il there will he installed, about September of thisyear, one 750 h. p. Hall & Wood vertical cross compound engine, 22ami 45 by -4 in., to which will he direct coin ;oo-kw. Bul- lock 390-volt, three-phase revolving field alternator. The buildingwill he extended for this equipment, and there will also he boilers, pumps, condensers, of the same capacityas thi- unit. \\ Inn this alternating current unit has been installed it i- propos
. The street railway review . breakers, etc. An extra is also located al \tt:i- sub-station fur use as a reserve. At Statiin il there will he installed, about September of thisyear, one 750 h. p. Hall & Wood vertical cross compound engine, 22ami 45 by -4 in., to which will he direct coin ;oo-kw. Bul- lock 390-volt, three-phase revolving field alternator. The buildingwill he extended for this equipment, and there will also he boilers, pumps, condensers, of the same capacityas thi- unit. \\ Inn this alternating current unit has been installed it i- proposedat all times of heavy load to operate from this unit tin- two substation^ at Oxford ami Atlas on the Flint Division, and from thedirect current generators located in tin- -aim- power house tooperate tin- sections between Royal Oak ami Rochester, Rochesterand Orion and Rochester ami Romeo. If. however, it is noted that either the direct or the alternatingcurrent machinery is nut loaded up to its economical capacity, the. . 1 BXOR1DE BATTERY STATION II. 1 0 KW. 1 : BATTERY—STATION I. 400-kw ngine is of the Corliss valve type. \ll admission va control of inertia shaft governor and exhaust valves driven by separate tixed eccentric s,, t li:it each mayhe adi> 1 the other or of the admission. The frames are entirely enclosed with large manholes and hand holes, ly fitting metal casings, so that 1 il 01 Spray can est ernor or generators. The shaft. and all working parts are of ample proportions. The engine runs at180 r. p. m. at 150-lb. initial steam pressure. S. K. (. rotary now used a- an inverted rotary, will then he used toconvert sonic of the output of the lightly loaded portion of thi 1tion to iln other kind of current, so that at all times all units inoperation will lie operated economically. On very light loads thesections between Royal Oak, Romeo and Flint, ii is expected, will beed from either the 500-kw. alternator or the 400-kw. directcurrent genera
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