. The street railway review . ^Br -7. l£l/S/? ^1:-^ /SA SWITCH MECHAN1SM-SK.\TTI 10 CO. The building is 95 x 108 ft. in ground dimensons and 80 ft. frombasement to the coal tracks above the bunkers. Tlie basement is tioncd, at ibis station comprises four 500-kw., 250-volt. two-phase,three-wire rotarics used for the Edison system, and five 500-kw.,. ROTARY CUNVBKTER ROOM—SEATTLE ELECTRIC CO. 17 ft. high. Above this on the cast side are the rotary room, 22 ; the piping and ash conveyor floor. 9 ft. high; the boilerroom 32 ft. high, and the coal conveyor. On the west side theengi
. The street railway review . ^Br -7. l£l/S/? ^1:-^ /SA SWITCH MECHAN1SM-SK.\TTI 10 CO. The building is 95 x 108 ft. in ground dimensons and 80 ft. frombasement to the coal tracks above the bunkers. Tlie basement is tioncd, at ibis station comprises four 500-kw., 250-volt. two-phase,three-wire rotarics used for the Edison system, and five 500-kw.,. ROTARY CUNVBKTER ROOM—SEATTLE ELECTRIC CO. 17 ft. high. Above this on the cast side are the rotary room, 22 ; the piping and ash conveyor floor. 9 ft. high; the boilerroom 32 ft. high, and the coal conveyor. On the west side theengine room occupies space corresponding to the three stories onthe east side. The main units in this station are two double-compound engineswith high pressure cylinders 23 x 42 in. and low pressure cylinders48 X .[2 in. Each pair of engines is direct connected to a 1, two-phase generator giving 364 amperes per terminalat volts, 7,200 alternations per minute. The generator room occupies one side of the building the cor-responding space in the other portion being in three stories, therotary converters and switchboards being on the lower floor andthe boiler room with six joo-h. p. Cahall water-tube boilers abovewith ash room between. The boilers are equipped with Roncystokers. Above the boilers are coal bunkers of 400 tons capaci
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