. The Street railway journal . HIGII-TEXSION BO.\RD OF H.\LSEV mains of both railway and lighting companies is 6600 volts, sothat an interchange of power will always be easy of accom-plishment. IllGH-TEXSIOX HOARD. TOillK]XS are to be installed at the Fifty-Second Street power station inBay Ridge. The foundations for these machines are alreadybuilt and the switchboard apparatus has been installed. Byusing these rotaries at night it will bepossible to shut down the entire steamplant of the station at that time, whileduring the day the excess direct-cur-rent power from the
. The Street railway journal . HIGII-TEXSION BO.\RD OF H.\LSEV mains of both railway and lighting companies is 6600 volts, sothat an interchange of power will always be easy of accom-plishment. IllGH-TEXSIOX HOARD. TOillK]XS are to be installed at the Fifty-Second Street power station inBay Ridge. The foundations for these machines are alreadybuilt and the switchboard apparatus has been installed. Byusing these rotaries at night it will bepossible to shut down the entire steamplant of the station at that time, whileduring the day the excess direct-cur-rent power from the generators therecan be transformed and distributed toother sections of the city on the high-tension mains. The introduction ofonly 2000 kw in rotaries at this pointwill, therefore, greatly increase theflexibility of the system,. The erection and equipping of thesub-stations and power station havebeen in charge of Mr. Roehl, and have
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