. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF ENGINE ROOM January 30, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. supplying that end of the road direct. At one time before theturbines were placed in operation 115 miles of high-speed. SECTIONAL VIEW SHOWING STEAM PIPING suburban lines, with half-hourly service, were supplied byabout 1100 kw of generating equipment. MAIN POWER HOUSEThe main power station, erected three years ago to takecare of the Oberlin-Wellington and the Lorain extensions, is rooms are on the same level. A brick stack, 150 ft. 6 ins. talland 17 ft. 4 ins. wide at the base, projects upwar
. The Street railway journal . GENERAL VIEW OF ENGINE ROOM January 30, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. supplying that end of the road direct. At one time before theturbines were placed in operation 115 miles of high-speed. SECTIONAL VIEW SHOWING STEAM PIPING suburban lines, with half-hourly service, were supplied byabout 1100 kw of generating equipment. MAIN POWER HOUSEThe main power station, erected three years ago to takecare of the Oberlin-Wellington and the Lorain extensions, is rooms are on the same level. A brick stack, 150 ft. 6 ins. talland 17 ft. 4 ins. wide at the base, projects upward from thecenter of the boiler room. The stack has a dividing wall ex-tending up 50 ft. Coal is run onto a high trestle from theBaltimore & Ohio Railway tracks, which pass the house, and isdumped through chutes into the boiler room. A large cistern,connected with the river by tunnel, properly screened and pro-vided with gates, adjoins the house, and all water is taken fromit. The original power equipment included two 750-hp cross-compound condensing Slater engines, direct-connected to500-kw, 600-volt Westinghouse direct-current generators. Eachengine has a separate jet condenser, located in the basement,which
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