. The street railway review . ENGINE ROOM WESTERN AVENUE STATION. 534 (^JAectl^^oilMio^^^Vl^ field type built b)- that company for direct driving. Thearmature winding consists of copper bars and the surfaceof the armature is turned off to form the machines perform their duty in a very satisfactorymanner as is customary with the large direct connectedunits built by this company. Room is provided for twomore 2,000-horse-povver units similar to the three nowrunning. The engine room of this station is 57 by 250 feet, andhas an iron floor and basement similar to the Californiaavenu

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. The street railway review . ENGINE ROOM WESTERN AVENUE STATION. 534 (^JAectl^^oilMio^^^Vl^ field type built b)- that company for direct driving. Thearmature winding consists of copper bars and the surfaceof the armature is turned off to form the machines perform their duty in a very satisfactorymanner as is customary with the large direct connectedunits built by this company. Room is provided for twomore 2,000-horse-povver units similar to the three nowrunning. The engine room of this station is 57 by 250 feet, andhas an iron floor and basement similar to the Californiaavenue plant, except that there are no condensers in thebasement As in the other station all piping and wiringis run under the floor so as to give full swing to operationof the two Walker hand power cranes which span theengine room. The switchboard is made up of General Electric feeder board in the gallery has 76 panels. The gen-erator panels are on the main floor. Two Thomson record-ino- wattmeters measure the oulput;

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