. The street railway review . BIG SANDY BRIDGE, CAMDEN INTERSTATE RAILWAY CO. Mav 15. STREET RAILWAY 271 The swilcliboaid fjr liriiulllng tin- otilpiit nf llic main iiiiils andihc auxiliary current is sliown, tOKcllier with part of its wiring, inone of the ilhislrations. This switchlioard is made of hlack enameledslate, 2 . ill. ill ihickness, and has three generator and two exciter. CENEKATOR AND EXTITKU ItOAIif) ANP clll. SWITCHES WITH WIRINC panels. Each generator panel is equipped with the necessary am-meter, voltmeter and a recording polyphase wattmeter, all of theThompson
. The street railway review . BIG SANDY BRIDGE, CAMDEN INTERSTATE RAILWAY CO. Mav 15. STREET RAILWAY 271 The swilcliboaid fjr liriiulllng tin- otilpiit nf llic main iiiiils andihc auxiliary current is sliown, tOKcllier with part of its wiring, inone of the ilhislrations. This switchlioard is made of hlack enameledslate, 2 . ill. ill ihickness, and has three generator and two exciter. CENEKATOR AND EXTITKU ItOAIif) ANP clll. SWITCHES WITH WIRINC panels. Each generator panel is equipped with the necessary am-meter, voltmeter and a recording polyphase wattmeter, all of theThompson type. The oil switches are placed at the rearof the board in fireproof brick cells, and are operated by levers con-nected with the usual handles on the front of thehoard. The switchboard wiring is so arranged thatthe generators may be operated together or sepa-rately on either railway or lighting circuits. Thisswitchboard and its auxiliary apparatus arc of the(icneral ICleclric Gos. make. The feed wires for distributing the ii,ooo-voltcurrent are led out of the power station throughlerra-cotta tubes. The outgoing wires are protectedby fuse-breaks and VVestingbouse lightning arresters. This power station and its three dependent sub-sta-lions with their storage batteries furnish current forthe ruiuiing of the interurban cars between Guyan-dotte, \V. Va., and Hanging Rock, a di
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