. Electric railway journal . nergy for theoperation of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad is located inJersey City, on the block bounded by Washington, First, Greenand Bay Streets. This location is advantageous for the deliv-ery of coal, as it is accessible to all the railroads entering Jer-sey City. This makes possible the shipment of coal directlyfrom the mines to the power-house siding without break ofbulk. Water for condensing purposes is obtained from theHudson River through an intake tunnel about 1800 ft. long. The power house is near the center of the Hudson Tunnelsystem, and is adjacent t
. Electric railway journal . nergy for theoperation of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad is located inJersey City, on the block bounded by Washington, First, Greenand Bay Streets. This location is advantageous for the deliv-ery of coal, as it is accessible to all the railroads entering Jer-sey City. This makes possible the shipment of coal directlyfrom the mines to the power-house siding without break ofbulk. Water for condensing purposes is obtained from theHudson River through an intake tunnel about 1800 ft. long. The power house is near the center of the Hudson Tunnelsystem, and is adjacent to the tunnels under WashingtonStreet, thus minimizing the length of power cables. The power is transmitted from this station, by means ofthree-phase, 25-cycle, alternating current, at 11,000 volts, tothree substations, two in New York City and one in the powerstation building, as follows: Substation No. 1.—Christopher and Greenwich Streets. Substation No. —Washington and First Streets (in thepower-house building).. Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Power Station—Eastern andSouthern Front Substation No. 3.—Hudson Terminal Building, Cortlandtand Church Streets. THE BUILDING The eastern and southern fronts of the building are shownin the exterior view in which can be seen the tower which con-tains the equipment for handling coal and ashes. The building has an average width of 210 ft., and is 195 Provision has been made for an extension to a distanceof 70 ft. to the westward for possible future present installation consists of two 3000 and two 6000-kwturbo-alternators at normal rating, making a total generatingcapacity of 18,000 kw. One additional 6000-kw turbo-alternatorand its necessary complement of boilers can be installed in thepresent building. Should the building be extended, two 6000-kw generating units could be added, making an ultimate gener-ating capacity of 36,000 kw. The foundations are of concrete carried down to bed floors, exc
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