. Electric railway review . to direct currenl at 600 volts for operation. The substation buildings, one of which is illustrated, areof white brick with concrete roofs, carried on steel girders,and are of fireproof construction. The equipment of eachsubstation consists of one 300-kilowatt 600-volt 60-cycle rotarj ]. ■ -^-*SE= hsrr-- h ^uLmmnil ! i) i isi [* T.—^f 1 k»| 1 1 »mn^urHp«*«m|r ■-^■mi^^^jj^g *mmT • —T---^ _ • *■ :■ Boise & Interurban R; -Car House and Repair Shop Building, with Substation in the Rear. the Boise & Interurban Railway Company. The power housebuilding, which is illustrate
. Electric railway review . to direct currenl at 600 volts for operation. The substation buildings, one of which is illustrated, areof white brick with concrete roofs, carried on steel girders,and are of fireproof construction. The equipment of eachsubstation consists of one 300-kilowatt 600-volt 60-cycle rotarj ]. ■ -^-*SE= hsrr-- h ^uLmmnil ! i) i isi [* T.—^f 1 k»| 1 1 »mn^urHp«*«m|r ■-^■mi^^^jj^g *mmT • —T---^ _ • *■ :■ Boise & Interurban R; -Car House and Repair Shop Building, with Substation in the Rear. the Boise & Interurban Railway Company. The power housebuilding, which is illustrated herewith, is of reinforced con-crete construction throughout, including roofs, floors, wallsand generator foundations. The spillway of the dam in the converter, operating at 72n revolutions per minute; three 100-kilowatt oil-insulated, self-cooling transformers, with primarjcoils wound for 22,000 and 44,000 volts and secondary coilswound for 367 volts; one 50-ampere 44,000-volt oil switch and. Boise & Interurban Railway—Express Mote Snake river is 450 feet wide and a head of 19 feet is plant has an electrical generating capacity of 2,300kilowatts. The original plant of the mining company con-tained four 72-inch vertical water turbines belted to three 300-kilowatt Westinghouse generators. Last year the capacity ofthe plant was increased in order to furnjsh power for the rail-way by the installation of two additional 700-kilowatt gen-erators, each direct-connected to two 66-inch vertical waterturbines. The equipment of the plant includes a 10-ton travel- Car Hauling Train of Seven Freight Cars. circuit-breaker, three 44,000-volt oil-insulated choke coils,three sets of lightning arresters, and one 4-panel switchboard,all furnished by the Westinghouse Electric &. .ManufacturingCompany. Rolling rolling stock equipment consists of seven interurbancars built by the American Car Company of St. Louis and toni-city cars built by the St. Lo
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