. The street railway review . generator room occupies the entire width of the Arc. 20, STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 529 building aiul is 66 ft. 5 in. in length. Its equipment comprises twocross compound corliss engines, built by The C. & G. Cooper Co.,and having cylinder dimensions of 22 and 44 by 42 in. These en-gines are rated at 850-h. p. capacity each and are direct connectedto two General Electric 600-kw. alternators. These are three-phase room, which forms an extension of the generator room, and be-neath this extension is an air chamber wliich furnishes the neces-sary air pressure for c
. The street railway review . generator room occupies the entire width of the Arc. 20, STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 529 building aiul is 66 ft. 5 in. in length. Its equipment comprises twocross compound corliss engines, built by The C. & G. Cooper Co.,and having cylinder dimensions of 22 and 44 by 42 in. These en-gines are rated at 850-h. p. capacity each and are direct connectedto two General Electric 600-kw. alternators. These are three-phase room, which forms an extension of the generator room, and be-neath this extension is an air chamber wliich furnishes the neces-sary air pressure for cooling tlie transformers. This air chamberis built of brick and contains the high tension wires which aremounted on porcelain insulators held in place by iron bracketsbuilt into the wall. The entire engine room is spanned by a travel-ing crane built by the Case ManufacturiTig Co., of Columbus, one side of the transformer room there is an engineers office11J ft. square, provided with a toilet room. The oiling of the. PL.\:< OF SrB-ST.\TION. SECTION (IF ON B. 11. machines running at 94 r. p. ni. and generate current at 370 are two exciters for the alternators which are of ).capacity, both of which are driven by General Electric verticalmarine type engines. The management of the company favors theuse of steam driven auxiliaries for the reason that they involveless complications in the wiring of the power house, are less liableto derangement in case of trouble with the electrical machinery,and further, for the reason that the exciters may be utilized forproviding lighting for the building at times when the rest of tliestation is shut down. The exciters are six-pole machines running
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