Electrical news and engineering . ide of allgates, if necessary. The generator room is provided witli a 40 ton electric-ally operated crane, running the length of the building. .\ithe west end is an unloading bay and the standard gaugetrack runs from the outside into the bay a sufficient dis-tance to allow of a car being placed entirely within thebuilding. The -basement is used for cable runs, pumps, etc. The switch bay is laid out into a number of floors andcompartments to accommodate the transformers, oilswitches, bus bars, lightning arresters, control gallery andthe necessary electrical app
Electrical news and engineering . ide of allgates, if necessary. The generator room is provided witli a 40 ton electric-ally operated crane, running the length of the building. .\ithe west end is an unloading bay and the standard gaugetrack runs from the outside into the bay a sufficient dis-tance to allow of a car being placed entirely within thebuilding. The -basement is used for cable runs, pumps, etc. The switch bay is laid out into a number of floors andcompartments to accommodate the transformers, oilswitches, bus bars, lightning arresters, control gallery andthe necessary electrical apparatus. The west end, oppositethe unloading bay, accommodates a fully equipped machineshop, offices, etc. The basement of this bay is used for stor-age rooms, etc., there being at the extreme west end a fire-proof oil room having a capacity of gallons of oil anda complete oil treating plant. Between wheel pits 7 and 8 the generator room is setback to provide room for two water turbines in steel casings; THE ELECTRICAL NEWS. J Pxn iBoviii: her iiiainifacture. iiK manufaclure, ; inanufacture. for the each tuihliic drives a UIO , :; pliase. 60 cycle, riDO volt al-lernator for supplying the auxiliary lif^ht and power. Water Turbines There arc at present installed eleven main units, con-sisting of: Five—5,~()() , \(\i liuvin^; tvo runner horizon-tal type. Three—G,S()t) Three—7,000 Two—400 , 400 service machines. -\I1 machines are provided with oil operated servo-motors and actuating governors, the three 7,000 unitslieing provided with the Woodward actuator ty^pe governors. Oil for the governing system is supplied under, pressureby three rotary gear pumps, driven liy 40 inductionmotors. The system is arranged on the open tank principleand each machine has its own storage tank. nuplicate high pressure lines are run the whole lengthof the building and arrangements made to connect ea
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