. The street railway review . IIIWEK HOUSE I IC > packed and rocks on forged steel trunnion bolts. The deflectingportion of the nozzle Is counter-balanced by hydraulic pressure. There are two 80-kw. exciters mounted with their respectivewheels on a common bed plate, and with a 120-h. p. induction njotorbetween the two exciters. Clutch connections are provided, so thatthe exciters may be driven by the water wheels or by the motor atwill, riic operate at 580 r. p. m. The switchboard has nine panels, one for the induction motor,one for the exciters, three panels lor
. The street railway review . IIIWEK HOUSE I IC > packed and rocks on forged steel trunnion bolts. The deflectingportion of the nozzle Is counter-balanced by hydraulic pressure. There are two 80-kw. exciters mounted with their respectivewheels on a common bed plate, and with a 120-h. p. induction njotorbetween the two exciters. Clutch connections are provided, so thatthe exciters may be driven by the water wheels or by the motor atwill, riic operate at 580 r. p. m. The switchboard has nine panels, one for the induction motor,one for the exciters, three panels lor control of the main unitsand three for the control of three sets of S50-kw. air-cooled trans-formers with their motor blower sets, which are 20-h. p. motorsdriving iio-in. Slurtevant fans. The transformers, are located ina separate building just back of the main power house. There are two sub-stations, one at Burnaby. a station on the. CONCRETE n.\M Vancouver-Westminster interurban line near Westminster, and theother In Vancouver. From the power house on the Inlet two paralleltransmission lines are carried along the route indicated in theaccompanying map to a point on the south shore of the inlet directlynorth of Burnaby. Thence one line continues west direct to Van-couver, and the other south to Burnaby, and thence to Vancouveralong the right of way of the interurban. JVLY 20, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 463 As stated, the first unit was put into service December 17, 1903,supplying current for the incandescent lighting service of the BritishColumbia Electric Co. at Vancouver. In March of this year thesub-station at Burnaby began operating, supplying current for theintcrurban railway line. A second 3,000-h. p. unit was ready foroperating in May. Foundations have been completed for two moreunits, which will be installed at intervals of about five months. The tunnel joining the two lakesis completed for
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