. The Street railway journal . atedup to its full capacity. The power equipment consists of two400-kw, three-phase, 370-volt, 25-cyclegenerators direct connected to two Hooven-Owens-Rentschler cross-compound Corliss engines. The excit-ing current is furnished by two 17^-kwgenerators run at 400 by 25-hpRidgway engines. The generator cablesafter being carried to the common busare tapped there for connections tothree 125-kw transformers, which step up the potential to 16,500 volts for transmission to the sub-station at Chinchilla. The two 200-kw rotaries in the mainstation are c
. The Street railway journal . atedup to its full capacity. The power equipment consists of two400-kw, three-phase, 370-volt, 25-cyclegenerators direct connected to two Hooven-Owens-Rentschler cross-compound Corliss engines. The excit-ing current is furnished by two 17^-kwgenerators run at 400 by 25-hpRidgway engines. The generator cablesafter being carried to the common busare tapped there for connections tothree 125-kw transformers, which step up the potential to 16,500 volts for transmission to the sub-station at Chinchilla. The two 200-kw rotaries in the mainstation are connected directly to the 370-volt busbar anddeliver 600 volts direct current to the line. The flooi space of the engine room is ample to permit two75-kw lighting sets to be installed when a contract is made The Chinchilla substation is a fireproof brick building22 ft. X 40 ft. and contains two 200-kw rotaries togetherwith six 75-kw oil-cooled step-down transformers. All ofthe electrical equipment throughout the power plant and. CAR HOUSE AND SHOPS OF THE NORTHERN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY CO, substation was furnished by the Westinghouse Electric &Manufacturing Company. CAR HOUSE The car house is but a few hundred feet from the powerplant, and, in fact, is heated by steam therefrom. The
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