. Electric railway journal . Hoosac Tunnel Power Station—Exterior View Showing Coal Conveyor and Outgoing Transmission Line which extends to the west portal of the tunnel, will bedescribed in this article. The decision to electrify the Hoosac Tunnel was madelate in the summer of 1910 and on May 27, 1911, regularoperation with electric locomotives was commenced. Everypart of the construction work was rushed and the powerstation building itself was completed in less than sixty days. ing gear were designed especially for service in this station. POWER STATION SITE The site selected for the power
. Electric railway journal . Hoosac Tunnel Power Station—Exterior View Showing Coal Conveyor and Outgoing Transmission Line which extends to the west portal of the tunnel, will bedescribed in this article. The decision to electrify the Hoosac Tunnel was madelate in the summer of 1910 and on May 27, 1911, regularoperation with electric locomotives was commenced. Everypart of the construction work was rushed and the powerstation building itself was completed in less than sixty days. ing gear were designed especially for service in this station. POWER STATION SITE The site selected for the power station is in the town ofZylonite, 2 miles south of North Adams, Mass., on landowned by the Berkshire Street Railway, which is con-trolled by New Haven and Boston & Maine interests. TheBerkshire Street Railway has built on this piece of land. Hoosac Tunnel Power Station—Spray Cooling System in Operation Steam was raised in the boilers in a little over three monthsfrom the time of breaking ground for the foundations, andthe turbo-generators were in operation within four construction and equipment of the power station werefacilitated by the fact that the plans for a power stationrecently built by the Connecticut Company at Waterbury, two carhouses and a power station with a total capacityof about 1500 kw. Part of the land is occupied by a smallpond, from which the street railway power station is sup-plied with condensing water and feed water. The NorthAdams branch of the Boston & Albany Railroad runs alongthe east side of this tract of land and the new power station September 16, [gn. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 455 for the Hoosac Tunnel was built in the northeast corner,adjoining the railroad right-of-way. A switching trackfor coal supply cars was built between the railroad and thepower station building. NORT
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