. Electric railway gazette . £. \\ FIG. I.—VIEW OF GENERATOR AND ENGINE ROOM. extremely handsome structure of cream-colored brick, withstone trimmings, and measures 130 by 115 feet. Theinterior walls are also of cream-colored brick, with a hand-some wainscoting extending five feet above the floor. Theceiling is of Georgia pine, closely matching the color of thewalls and giving the interior a very bright and attractiveappearance. The engine room contains three cross-com-pound non-condensing Corliss engines of the Robert Weth-erell type of 750-hp each rated capacity, but have develo
. Electric railway gazette . £. \\ FIG. I.—VIEW OF GENERATOR AND ENGINE ROOM. extremely handsome structure of cream-colored brick, withstone trimmings, and measures 130 by 115 feet. Theinterior walls are also of cream-colored brick, with a hand-some wainscoting extending five feet above the floor. Theceiling is of Georgia pine, closely matching the color of thewalls and giving the interior a very bright and attractiveappearance. The engine room contains three cross-com-pound non-condensing Corliss engines of the Robert Weth-erell type of 750-hp each rated capacity, but have developedpower greatly in excess of that amount. The cylinderdimensions are 28 and 46 inches, with 48-inch stroke, andthe engine speed is 82 revolutions per minute. The frywheels are 18 feet in diameter and weigh 40 tons engine is directly connected to a Westinghouse mul-tipolar generator. These generators, while rated at 1,125amperes capacity, have frequently carried 1,800 amperes. The station is equipped with a very
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