. Electric railway journal . ize. The grating is of iJ/2-in. x23/2-in. mesh and made of %-in. x 3-in. iron, riveted togetherin a JS-in. x 3-in. iron frame. This opening permits appa-ratus to be lowered into the basement and at the same time itserves as a ventilator for the main room. It connects withthe fan room in the basement and as it is near the largesteel door, which wi!l be kept open in summer, it providesthe basement with cool air in that season. 842 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 19. Another feature is an arrangement for using the cranetor drawing machinery into the building.
. Electric railway journal . ize. The grating is of iJ/2-in. x23/2-in. mesh and made of %-in. x 3-in. iron, riveted togetherin a JS-in. x 3-in. iron frame. This opening permits appa-ratus to be lowered into the basement and at the same time itserves as a ventilator for the main room. It connects withthe fan room in the basement and as it is near the largesteel door, which wi!l be kept open in summer, it providesthe basement with cool air in that season. 842 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. 19. Another feature is an arrangement for using the cranetor drawing machinery into the building. This consists ofa 3-in. iron bushing placed in the floor opposite the largedoorway and about 24 ft. from it. The bushing is mountedon one of the floor beams and is braced in the direction of BASEMENT LAY-OUT The basement is divided into three nearly equal longi-tudinal compartments with 16-in. concrete walls. Thesewalls form the main supports for the rotaries and trans-formers on the main floor. The westerly space is the air. Electric Butt,-,!,, Subsiauon-Kievation and Cross-Section of High-Tension Bus Compartment at Oil Switches the doorway with 8-in. I-beams riveted to the floor below this bushing in the basement floor is a heavyiron ring 12 in. in diameter linked with an I-bolt which ismolded into a concrete foundation. When a heavy piece ofapparatus is to be unloaded from a dray, a pulley block is chamber into which the transformer cases open the floor are two openings which serve as air passagesfrom the fans surrounded by 6-in. x 6-in. concrete are the high-tension cable connections with theseries transformers for current measurement. In the east 4 8 Chase 000 OOO □ .5 □ 4cioibel Top 3llrom Floor,,Air Chamber Below 000000 000000V Hole 4 Diam. □ TransformerWjell No J ! 115!. 3 Hole 8x8x36 OaltsillTop 2above Floor—13lOKy- - —13 10k Negative Buses Below —13lOH-— 13 10W -18
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