. The Street railway journal . stinghouse dyna-mo driven by a Mcintosh & Seymourengine ordered by the company prior tothe date of Mr. Stillwells contract hasbeen erected and placed in service. (4) A 5500-kw Curtis turbine unit hasbeen installed and put to work. (5) The boiler- plant has been in-creased by the addition of eight B. & of 450 hp each. (6) A new substation has been built•on Lombard Street near Penn Street. (7) An addition to the Harford Roadsubstation has been constructed. (8) A new power station has beenbuilt for Bay Shore Park. PRATT STREET POWER HOUSE EXTENSIONAND IMPR


. The Street railway journal . stinghouse dyna-mo driven by a Mcintosh & Seymourengine ordered by the company prior tothe date of Mr. Stillwells contract hasbeen erected and placed in service. (4) A 5500-kw Curtis turbine unit hasbeen installed and put to work. (5) The boiler- plant has been in-creased by the addition of eight B. & of 450 hp each. (6) A new substation has been built•on Lombard Street near Penn Street. (7) An addition to the Harford Roadsubstation has been constructed. (8) A new power station has beenbuilt for Bay Shore Park. PRATT STREET POWER HOUSE EXTENSIONAND IMPROVEMENTS The main power station on PrattStreet consists of two engine rooms be-tween which is a double-decked boilerroom (see Fig. i). For convenience indesignating, the engine rooms are num-bered one and two, No. i being that nearest Pratt Street. the three i8oo-kw direct-current machines have been moved The new building between the street and the boiler room from the position now occupied by the street into the new. FIG. 3.—GENERAL VIEW OF PRATT STREET POWER


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