. Electric railway journal . HOLYOKE POWER PLANT—COAL POCKETS, TRACK HOPPER, RE-CLAIMING CRANE AND TOWER OF COAL-HANDLING SYSTEM With the use of a single turbine the reliability of servicein the districts supplied by it would not be as high ason the lines supplied by the various engine-drivendirect-current units, and the cost of duplicate unitsand transmission lines would have been , it was decided to purchase power at Am-herst from the Turners Falls Power & Electric Com-pany, installing a motor-generator substation at thatpoint, and the Holyoke station was reconstr
. Electric railway journal . HOLYOKE POWER PLANT—COAL POCKETS, TRACK HOPPER, RE-CLAIMING CRANE AND TOWER OF COAL-HANDLING SYSTEM With the use of a single turbine the reliability of servicein the districts supplied by it would not be as high ason the lines supplied by the various engine-drivendirect-current units, and the cost of duplicate unitsand transmission lines would have been , it was decided to purchase power at Am-herst from the Turners Falls Power & Electric Com-pany, installing a motor-generator substation at thatpoint, and the Holyoke station was reconstructed alongpurely direct-current lines, accompanied by a generaloverhauling of the feeder system. From Coal Pile to Stoker Run-of-mine bituminous coal is used at the Holyokestation. Fuel is either dumped or unloaded from coalca»s outside the building for storage in the yard ordeposited in a 12-ft. x 12-ft. steel track hopper, whichis the beginning of the coal-handling system. A 5-tonNorthern electric crane with a span
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