. The Street railway journal . aluable addition to thestation capacity. Battery No. i occupies two of the arches which support themasonry forming the Brooklyn approach of the Bridge; thesearches are quite high and roomy, and only required to ha\ e theends enclosed to make ideal battery rooms—warm in winter andcool in summer. With the exception of a few cells supported bya gallery, the entire battery rests on wooden stringers imbeddedin a cinder floor. Operated in connection with the battery, thereis a motor-driven booster used for regulating the charge and had before been hardly sufficient for
. The Street railway journal . aluable addition to thestation capacity. Battery No. i occupies two of the arches which support themasonry forming the Brooklyn approach of the Bridge; thesearches are quite high and roomy, and only required to ha\ e theends enclosed to make ideal battery rooms—warm in winter andcool in summer. With the exception of a few cells supported bya gallery, the entire battery rests on wooden stringers imbeddedin a cinder floor. Operated in connection with the battery, thereis a motor-driven booster used for regulating the charge and had before been hardly sufficient for the operation of the elevatedservice alone. The power plant which formerly supplied current for the Bridgetrains had a capacity of but 1000 kw, and on account of its smallcapacity and its being some distance from the water front, wherethere was no water available for condensing, and where coal andashes had to be hauled in wagons, it was very expensive in oper-ation. Upon the installation of the battery, the saving effected,. >..40 ( ;.oo :.20 CURVE NO. I tltrect,Ii2ittti;f Journal after allowing for depreciation, maintenance, operation and thecost of current at the eastern station, amounted to a very profita-ble interest on the investment. The Bridge train load during the rush hours in the morningand evening fluctuated between a minimum of 250 amps, and amaximum of 1800 amps., with an average of 850 amps. The loadon the lower section of the Brooklyn Elevated, when fed from theeastern station, fluctuated between 100 amps, and 2000 amps., withan average of 750 apips., and during the higher fluctuations thevoltage dropped so much that it seriously interfered with theoperation of the trains. After the installation of the battery, thecombined load of the Bridge and elevated trains amounted to anaverage of but 1600 amps., which was , divided up between the 1 1 ! 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 _ t 1 I 11 -4 50 Liae- Pi It R Bridge Battery Hept,-i ,
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