. The Street railway journal . boosters. The sub-station was readyfor business in about a month after the fire,and the company was able to resume regu-lar operation on such of its lines through-out the city as were not blocked by the meantime, the work of reconstruct-ing the burnt portion of the building wascommenced, and three of the direct-currentunits that had passed through the fire wererepaired and placed in service. Each ofthese units consists of a 2500-hp verticalcross-compound Mcintosh & Seymour en-gine, direct connected to a i8oo-kw General Electric Railwaygenerator. The alt
. The Street railway journal . boosters. The sub-station was readyfor business in about a month after the fire,and the company was able to resume regu-lar operation on such of its lines through-out the city as were not blocked by the meantime, the work of reconstruct-ing the burnt portion of the building wascommenced, and three of the direct-currentunits that had passed through the fire wererepaired and placed in service. Each ofthese units consists of a 2500-hp verticalcross-compound Mcintosh & Seymour en-gine, direct connected to a i8oo-kw General Electric Railwaygenerator. The alternating-current units at the Pratt Street stationat the time of the fire comprised four 3000-hp Mcintosh &Seymour vertical cross-compound engines direct connectedto 2000-kw Westinghouse alternators. As stated, none ofthis machinery was injured. In December, 1904, a fifth unitof the same size was placed in operation, and there is nowbeing installed a sixth unit comprising a 7500-hp Mcintosh & ELECTRICFEBRUARY, 1904. PORTION OF THE PRATT STREET STATION, DESTROYED BYTHE FIRE • RECONSTRUCTING THE PORTION OF THE PRATT STREETPOWER HOUSE THAT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE engaged in restoring and improving the power supply. Aspreviously stated, the main generating station is located onPratt Street on tide water. Previous to the fire, this plantconsisted of two engine rooms with a double-deck boilerroom between. One of the engine rooms contained the di-rect-current generating machinery, and the other the altcr- & Seymour vertical-horizontal cross-compound engine directconnected to a 5000-kw Westinghouse alternator. These units comprise all of the generating machinery nowat Pratt Street, and give a rated capacity of 30,000 hp andan overload capacity in the aggregate of 40,000 hp in power-generating apparatus. 628 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIL No. i6. To supply steam to the new units in course of installation,the boiler-room equipment is being increased by four bat-teries of B. & W.
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