. The street railway review . ight-ing offices, -hop-, ami power house i- furnished by two 50-kw. West-inghouse 125-volt direct current generators. Each generator i-dircct connected to a Westinghouse automatic compound enginehaving cylinders 9 in. and 15 in. in diameti r bj 9 in. stroke 1 In boiler plant 1- arranged in two sections, each provided withmizer ami mechanical draft plant, engine lor operatingstoker, boiler feed pumps and exhaust -team feed water heater. The-moke line, which 1- located hack of the boilers, extend- the entirelength of the holler room and 1- provided with necessary da
. The street railway review . ight-ing offices, -hop-, ami power house i- furnished by two 50-kw. West-inghouse 125-volt direct current generators. Each generator i-dircct connected to a Westinghouse automatic compound enginehaving cylinders 9 in. and 15 in. in diameti r bj 9 in. stroke 1 In boiler plant 1- arranged in two sections, each provided withmizer ami mechanical draft plant, engine lor operatingstoker, boiler feed pumps and exhaust -team feed water heater. The-moke line, which 1- located hack of the boilers, extend- the entirelength of the holler room and 1- provided with necessary dampers sothat either or both of the mechanical draft plants can furnish draftfor the entire boiler are 1 --lit --?-h. p. Babcock & Wilcox boilers set in four batteries. I he boilers are equippedwith Roney mechanical stokers, operated bj two 8-h. p. Westing- ; nes, which are al-o 1,cited in a line shaft for 0]crating the economizer scrapers. Mechanical draft plants are Iieither end of the boiler room and consist of two fans. I- K I -. i -1. II 1 III! \ Kh With dan ! - itlll 1 di pai ki d i- ■Worthing wo of which an operated at one timi id ian andlei d wan 1 Mid the ■ Slack coal 1- used for fuel, about 40 ion- being consumed 1- delivered on siding by the steam railroad and hauled to thepower house by an electric motor car. where it 1- transferred to Inns or coal pocket- adjacent 10 the holler room. [here .in two switchboards which ate of the Westinghouse stand-ard type and are of white Italian marble supported by angle-iron frame. One of these hoards is for the control of the alternatingcurrent system, and 1- made up of eleven panel-, eight of which are
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