. Electric railway journal . When the 146th Street car-house fire occurred, the basement of the substation was floodedwith water. Much damage to the basement equipment, whichincluded switchboard apparatus, was obviated only by keepinga large steam pump and an electric pump running for some flooding of the substation basement was due to the low ele-vation of the floor which necessitated at all times an electricpump to handle the water. When the wall between the carhouse and substation was reconstructed it was necessary to moveconsiderable apparatus and high-tension wiring to permit rei
. Electric railway journal . When the 146th Street car-house fire occurred, the basement of the substation was floodedwith water. Much damage to the basement equipment, whichincluded switchboard apparatus, was obviated only by keepinga large steam pump and an electric pump running for some flooding of the substation basement was due to the low ele-vation of the floor which necessitated at all times an electricpump to handle the water. When the wall between the carhouse and substation was reconstructed it was necessary to moveconsiderable apparatus and high-tension wiring to permit rein-forcing the wall foundation and installing more steel work tocarry the upper floors of the car house. Advantage was takenof this movement to transfer the apparatus to a new gallerywhich had been erected in the substation. As the reconstruction Iinvolved moving the brickwork of the oil switches, the new Ibrickwork was laid out for new mechanism instead of re- ■using the old switches. When the high-tension bus was re- •. Metropolitan Electrical Department—Rearranged at Twenty-fifth Street Substation moved from the basement it was installed in an brick com-partment of the type previously described. In this station the control system for the large switches hadbeen supplied by motor-generator sets and by tapping some cells May 21, 1910.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 901
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