Pacific service magazine . completed,is rated at 108,579 horsepower capacity,and in order to carry this additional powerfrom the Pit some additions and reinforce-ments have been made in the Pacific Serv-ice electric distributing system. First ofall, a double-circuit steel-tower line hasbeen built from the power-house to tiein with the Pit One line at HaynesMeadow, a point on the highway betweenBurney and Montgomery Creek. Then,substantial additions have been made toVaca-Dixon sub-station. Originally thecapacity of this was 133,000 horsepowerin transformers and 40,000 kilovolt am-peres in conde
Pacific service magazine . completed,is rated at 108,579 horsepower capacity,and in order to carry this additional powerfrom the Pit some additions and reinforce-ments have been made in the Pacific Serv-ice electric distributing system. First ofall, a double-circuit steel-tower line hasbeen built from the power-house to tiein with the Pit One line at HaynesMeadow, a point on the highway betweenBurney and Montgomery Creek. Then,substantial additions have been made toVaca-Dixon sub-station. Originally thecapacity of this was 133,000 horsepowerin transformers and 40,000 kilovolt am-peres in condensers. The transformer ca-pacity has been enlarged to 200,000 horse-power and the condenser capacity has beendoubled by the installation of what is saidto be the largest synchronous condenserin the world, rated at 40,000 kilovolt am-peres. At Vaca-Dixon station the powerreceived from the Pit is stepped downfrom 220,000 to 110,000 volts for retrans-mission to other sub-stations at centralpoints in Pacific Service Scene on Lake Britton, forebay reservoir at Pit Three development. 144 Pacific Service Magazine Pacific Service in Its New Home General Office Building in San Francisco a Striking Testi?nonial to Progress of the Light and Power Industry Pacific Service is now comfortably thoroughly modern structure, not only from settled in its new home. The imposing the viewpoint of the companys relations seventeen-story building on the southeast with those outside but, also, from its adap-corner of Market and Beale Streets,San Francisco,which now housesthe general offices ofthe company, hasbeen enthusiasticallyaccepted as a worthyaddition to the sky-line of the recon-structed its achievement along cherished dreamhas been fulfilled. Progress of con-struction has beennoted from time totime in previous is-sues of Pacific Ser-vice publicinterest was evincedin the building fromthe day when theexcavation for thefoundations wasstarted. This con
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