. The street railway review . FIG, .^—STRINGING OVEKHE.\ll WIKES. power house ordinarily takes care of the urban portions of theroad and the alternating current the interurban portion. In timesof light load, however, both divisions of the road may be run to-gether on either the direct or alternating machines, and in generalthe two parts of the road are electrically connected so that thegenerator current and the converter current are in parallel. Thetwo divisions may also be kept separate by means of section insu-lators. The sub-station is shown in diagram in Fig. 4. This is locatedon the line
. The street railway review . FIG, .^—STRINGING OVEKHE.\ll WIKES. power house ordinarily takes care of the urban portions of theroad and the alternating current the interurban portion. In timesof light load, however, both divisions of the road may be run to-gether on either the direct or alternating machines, and in generalthe two parts of the road are electrically connected so that thegenerator current and the converter current are in parallel. Thetwo divisions may also be kept separate by means of section insu-lators. The sub-station is shown in diagram in Fig. 4. This is locatedon the line of the interurban road towards Ncenah. and besidesthe room for the machinery contains dwelling apartments for theattendant. The converter room contains three static transformers,a 150 kw. rotary converter, a switchboard and a motor and blower.
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