. Electric railway review . 15 X-Ban / 3/% *■& Stk/jp 16 Apart Seneca Street Substation. Buffalo—Details of Switchboard Slot. tached to the flexible duct, enough of the elbow being em-bedded in the concrete to render an unyielding outlet fixture. On account of the proximity to the flooded district it wasdecided to place the high-tension busbar compartments, dis-connecting switches, etc., on the main station floor, insteadof in the basement as has been done in many recent installa-tions. This location also has the advantages of avoidingthe dust that is always blown into the air chamber b
. Electric railway review . 15 X-Ban / 3/% *■& Stk/jp 16 Apart Seneca Street Substation. Buffalo—Details of Switchboard Slot. tached to the flexible duct, enough of the elbow being em-bedded in the concrete to render an unyielding outlet fixture. On account of the proximity to the flooded district it wasdecided to place the high-tension busbar compartments, dis-connecting switches, etc., on the main station floor, insteadof in the basement as has been done in many recent installa-tions. This location also has the advantages of avoidingthe dust that is always blown into the air chamber by thefans, and it brings the disconnecting switches where theoperator does not have to leave the machinery to manipu-late them. The high-tension busbar structure is built up of Kittan-ning re-pressed buff brick, laid with %-inch joints i ncement-. fi/TUflE E*T£A/S/0/V Seneca Street Substation. Buffalo—Plan Showing Present and Future Arrangement of Apparatus. falsework. The result is a strong and most satisfactoryfloor, smooth on both sides. The monolith has the advan-tages of not staining with oil, cracking, giving off dust andnot being as hard under the feet as concrete. It is alsoeasy to keep clean and can be patched readily. The use of flexible-steel conduit offers the advantages tempered mortar. The disconnecting switch slabs and bus-bar barriers are of concrete. The busbars are supported oniron-capped porcelain insulators of the pole-line type. Theinsulators are on iron pins set in the horizontal barriers. Thehanging barriers for the cable-disconnecting switches in thebasement are built up of transite board glued to wooden February lb. L907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 21 frames and painted. The busbar compartments and switchcells are completely covered with doors of transite board. Entrance The sill of the large
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