. The street railway review . 59G ^^Qib^VACW A MONSTER GENERATOR FOR BOSTON. The cominn(ator ilhistraled is for Uw ;cst jjiiurutnr everdesigiiPtl. wliicli wiU siuiii furnish ciiri-iMir fur the lines ijf the. WALKER MAMMOTH COMMUTATOR. Boston Elivattd Kailway Company. Tliis mac liim-. wliidi is nowin the process of construction at tlic wmks nf tin- Wallirr :cini Iiany iu Clevelauil. lias a rated capacity of k. \ or ap-proximately 4,000 h. Ijut will be capable of carryiuj^ an over-load np to 5,000 h. p. 1here are alternating current generators which are rated ashigh as 5,
. The street railway review . 59G ^^Qib^VACW A MONSTER GENERATOR FOR BOSTON. The cominn(ator ilhistraled is for Uw ;cst jjiiurutnr everdesigiiPtl. wliicli wiU siuiii furnish ciiri-iMir fur the lines ijf the. WALKER MAMMOTH COMMUTATOR. Boston Elivattd Kailway Company. Tliis mac liim-. wliidi is nowin the process of construction at tlic wmks nf tin- Wallirr :cini Iiany iu Clevelauil. lias a rated capacity of k. \ or ap-proximately 4,000 h. Ijut will be capable of carryiuj^ an over-load np to 5,000 h. p. 1here are alternating current generators which are rated ashigh as 5,000 h. p., but it should be remembered that theseare high speed machines and oi)erated by ^vater turbines, whikthe Boston dynamo will run at 75 r. p. m., thus necessitating agreater size and weight than any other generator ever con-structed. The total weight of the Boston generator will he about oOii,-r(0 lbs.; the armature alone weighing ll.),(0O lbs. and is 15 ft.(5 in. in diameter. The shaft on which tliis mass of copper andiron is to revolve is 3 ft. in diameter. There will be 2-1 outside diameter of the commutator is S ft. !1 in.; the out-side dimensions of the w hole machine on the foundation wi
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