. The street railway review . -;sep SHOWING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION. diameter with a 30-in. stroke. The variation in speed allowed is 2per cent. The flywheels are 12 ft. in diameter and weigh generators are of the six-pole type of British Thomson-Hous-ton Co., kw. each. Each car is provided with two G. E. 52 motors, wound for 500volts, and the controllers are of the Thomson-Houston B. 13 gear is so proportioned that with a 30-in. wheel each motor will. M.\P OF THE SYSTEM. TYPE OF CAR. The power station is situated on Kelham Island, and a continu-ous supply of condensi
. The street railway review . -;sep SHOWING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION. diameter with a 30-in. stroke. The variation in speed allowed is 2per cent. The flywheels are 12 ft. in diameter and weigh generators are of the six-pole type of British Thomson-Hous-ton Co., kw. each. Each car is provided with two G. E. 52 motors, wound for 500volts, and the controllers are of the Thomson-Houston B. 13 gear is so proportioned that with a 30-in. wheel each motor will. M.\P OF THE SYSTEM. TYPE OF CAR. The power station is situated on Kelham Island, and a continu-ous supply of condensing water is at hand. The contract for thebuilding was let to Eshelby & Son, Sheffield, for £7,900. Thebuilding including boiler house, engine room and coal bunkers, is183 ft. long by 109 ft. wide, and the general disposition of the ma-chinery may be gathered from the plan and elevation here British Thomson-Houston Co. secured the first machinery con- develop a horizontal effort of lb. at miles per hour. Thetrolley arms and heads are of the swivelling type, so as to obviatethe necessity of keeping the trolley wire over the center of the many cases it is several feet away from the center. On account of the gradients the brake arrangements are of an un-usually thorough nature. Beside the usual hand brake there is atrailing slipper brake, by means of which the weight of the car is 18 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. i. taken almost entir
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