. The Street railway journal . First Floor. PLANS FOR THE COMBINATION RESIDENCE, that it is impossible for a man to fall against the high-tensionlines. The bus-bars are 17 ft. above ground. Oil switchesare mounted in fireproof compartments, the phases separatedby 4-in. brick walls. The low-tension wiring is carried from thetransformers to the rotaries and from the direct-current sideof the rotaries to the switchboard in vitrified tile pipe under thefloor. The cables for the low-tension circuits are 750,000 cm,insulated with asbestos and cotton braid. The high-tensionlightning arresters are hun
. The Street railway journal . First Floor. PLANS FOR THE COMBINATION RESIDENCE, that it is impossible for a man to fall against the high-tensionlines. The bus-bars are 17 ft. above ground. Oil switchesare mounted in fireproof compartments, the phases separatedby 4-in. brick walls. The low-tension wiring is carried from thetransformers to the rotaries and from the direct-current sideof the rotaries to the switchboard in vitrified tile pipe under thefloor. The cables for the low-tension circuits are 750,000 cm,insulated with asbestos and cotton braid. The high-tensionlightning arresters are hung on an iron frame 3 ft. from the. street llailifiu/ Jimt, Second Floor. SUB-STATION, PASSENGER AND FREIGHT DEPOT PORTABLE SUB-STATION Another interesting feature of the equipment will be a port-able sub-station, which will also be equipped to operate eitherfrom the Medway or the Hebron station. It will be equippedwith one rotary and one three-phase air-blast transformer,with 26,000-volt windings and taps brought out to be run on13,000 volts. The electrical equipment of the power houseaddition and of the sub-stations was installed by the GeneralElectric Company, under the supervision of Egbert Douglas. May 23, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 765 ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND STREET RAILWAY TRACKS BY W. BOARDMAN REEU Since the very general adoption of asphalt for paving pur-puses street railway companies have had much trouble andmuch expense in keeping the surface of the street adjacent tothe tracks in a safe condition. In cold weather asphalt isbrittle, so that the vertical movement of rails resulting fromthe passage of cars cau
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