. The Street railway journal . ichpurchased the necessary power for opera-tion from a local electric the Long Island Railroad Com-pany established a generating stationat Long Island City it was ascertainedthat power could be transmitted fromthis station over the intervening dis-tance of about 27 miles, and there usedby single-phase motors more advan-tageously than it could be purchased and used by d. c. motors. The power is transmitted directly at the station pressure oft 1,000 volts over two No. 1 bare copper wires placed on awooden pole line extending from the Belmont Park sub-s
. The Street railway journal . ichpurchased the necessary power for opera-tion from a local electric the Long Island Railroad Com-pany established a generating stationat Long Island City it was ascertainedthat power could be transmitted fromthis station over the intervening dis-tance of about 27 miles, and there usedby single-phase motors more advan-tageously than it could be purchased and used by d. c. motors. The power is transmitted directly at the station pressure oft 1,000 volts over two No. 1 bare copper wires placed on awooden pole line extending from the Belmont Park sub-stationof the Long Island electric railway system to a transformingsub-station located adjacent to the passenger station of the operated by a system of levers, the handle for which is placedon a separate panel adjacent to the 2200-volt switchboard. The11,000-volt circuits are in no wise connected to the switch-board, and the 2200-volt circuits are represented in the frontof the board only after having passed through current and. A CURVE ALONG THE SEA CLIFF-GLEN COVE SINGLE-PHASE LINE potential transformers. A bank of low-equivalent lightningarresters serves to protect each line entering the building. No attendants are required at the sub-station. In the eventof the primary switches being opened from any cause, an elec-tric bell in the adjacent passenger station notifies the agent,who can conveniently close the switch. Although only one of
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