. The Street railway journal . boilers on the second floor. The maxi-mum load on the enlarged station will be26,000 amps. The new main 32,000-h]) power sta-tion is situated at Third Avenue andFirst Street. The site of this stationhas l)een selected on account of its su- addition of the rotaries, although thesteam plant will furnish 8500 amps, asat present. The capacity of the Eastern PowerStation will be increased by the addi-tion of a seventh direct-connected unitof twice the capacity of those now in-stalled. This unit will consist of a4000-hp Allis-Chalmers engine and adirect-current Westing
. The Street railway journal . boilers on the second floor. The maxi-mum load on the enlarged station will be26,000 amps. The new main 32,000-h]) power sta-tion is situated at Third Avenue andFirst Street. The site of this stationhas l)een selected on account of its su- addition of the rotaries, although thesteam plant will furnish 8500 amps, asat present. The capacity of the Eastern PowerStation will be increased by the addi-tion of a seventh direct-connected unitof twice the capacity of those now in-stalled. This unit will consist of a4000-hp Allis-Chalmers engine and adirect-current Westinghouse railwaygenerator similar to those which will beinstalled in the new Third AvenuePower Station. Jdiis will bring thecapacity of the Eastern Station up to16,000 hp. The new unit will be in-stalled in what is now used as a store-room. In order to make the increasein steam distribution, the capacity of theIje also enlarged, but the ])resent stationincrease of only 500 hp in boilers. The entire plant of. bi liler plant nuistwill adnul if an THE EASTERN POWER STATION advantages as a distributing center, and the bestfacilities exist for obtaining coal, which can Ik receiveddn-cctb from canal lioats from the (Jowanus Canal. The 474 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 14. COOOO I 1 [ 1 : j 1 1 ] 1 1 \ \ 1 1 1 55000 1
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