. Electric railway review . r breakfasta special car furnished by the Ft. Wayne & Wabash ValleyTraction Company conveyed the party to the power house, ably commented upon by everyone present was the absenceof vibration. This illustrates in a very clear manner theperfect balance which is obtained in the spindles and rotat-ing fields of these units, as in this particular case the ma-chines are practically without a foundation other than the18-inch concrete floor of the generating room. Another pointwhich was generally commented upon was the absence ofnoise, as, in spite of the high speed at whic
. Electric railway review . r breakfasta special car furnished by the Ft. Wayne & Wabash ValleyTraction Company conveyed the party to the power house, ably commented upon by everyone present was the absenceof vibration. This illustrates in a very clear manner theperfect balance which is obtained in the spindles and rotat-ing fields of these units, as in this particular case the ma-chines are practically without a foundation other than the18-inch concrete floor of the generating room. Another pointwhich was generally commented upon was the absence ofnoise, as, in spite of the high speed at which these turbinesrun and the hollow sounding-board effect of the light gen-erating room floor, the noise made by the turbines was con-siderably less than would be made by reciprocating enginesof the same capacity. This result is obtained by the systemof forced ventilation of the generators, which are totallyenclosed except for two openings into the air ducts locatedunder the engine room floor. Besides the great reduction. Spy Run Generating Station, Ft. Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company.—Inspection Party. which is located about one and a half miles from the centerof the city. Mr. C. D. Emmons, manager of the Ft. Wayne & WabashValley Traction Company; Mr. J. A. Brett, manager of theWestinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company; Mr. G. manager of the Cincinnati office of the WestinghouseMachine Company, and Mr. E. K. Gillett, manager of theCincinnati office of the Babcock & Wilcox Company, actedas guides for the party and explained the many interestingfeatures of the installation and the apparatus and its opera-tion. As will be seen by referring to the complete descriptionof this plant, which was published in the October, 1906, issueof the Electric Railway Review, the arrangement of thispower house is rather unique in that the generators are lo-cated in the second story of the power house, directly abovethe boilers. This arrangement was made possible by theuse of s
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