. Electric railway journal . ibility Is Conspicuous in theTurbine Room On entering the turbine room one is struck by the lo-cation of the turbine high in the air, its base being 27ft. above the floor. It was so located to permit all ac-cessories to be practically above floor level, and to pro-vide space for a much larger future condenser. Thesteel turbine foundation consists of an eight-column, di-agonally braced frame carrying deep plate girders at thetop. It is strong enough for a modern 30,000-kw. , of course, would not be proportionately heavierthan the present 7500-kw., 25-cycle,
. Electric railway journal . ibility Is Conspicuous in theTurbine Room On entering the turbine room one is struck by the lo-cation of the turbine high in the air, its base being 27ft. above the floor. It was so located to permit all ac-cessories to be practically above floor level, and to pro-vide space for a much larger future condenser. Thesteel turbine foundation consists of an eight-column, di-agonally braced frame carrying deep plate girders at thetop. It is strong enough for a modern 30,000-kw. , of course, would not be proportionately heavierthan the present 7500-kw., 25-cycle, machine,which weighs about 715,000 lb., as it would be of higherspeed and modern design. The turbine is now run-ning on its elevated support with very little vibration,which is least at heaviest load. A walkway around the base of the machine is bracketsupported and floored with checkered steel plate. It con-nects by a bridge with the switchboard gallery and willultimately join on the same level the walkway around.
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