. The Street railway journal . SWITCHBOARD AND LIGHTING GENERATORS waukee, belted to a 6-in. Hill self-oiling countershaft, anda 16-in. x 30-in. x 36-in. cross-compound Corliss enginemanufactured by the Allis Company, direct belted to a250-kw, three-bearing Westinghouse railway generator,and a 75-kw, 500-volt Western Electric power condensing apparatus consists of one 500-hp jet con-denser, manufactured by the Buffalo Steam Pump Com-. RAILWAY GENERATORS original ighting plant, andmanufactured by the Deanof Holyoke, and recently pany, installed with theone 600-hp jet condenserStea
. The Street railway journal . SWITCHBOARD AND LIGHTING GENERATORS waukee, belted to a 6-in. Hill self-oiling countershaft, anda 16-in. x 30-in. x 36-in. cross-compound Corliss enginemanufactured by the Allis Company, direct belted to a250-kw, three-bearing Westinghouse railway generator,and a 75-kw, 500-volt Western Electric power condensing apparatus consists of one 500-hp jet con-denser, manufactured by the Buffalo Steam Pump Com-. RAILWAY GENERATORS original ighting plant, andmanufactured by the Deanof Holyoke, and recently pany, installed with theone 600-hp jet condenserSteam Pump Company,added. Including the machines mentioned above, the electricalequipment consists of one 250-kw generator, one 100-kwgenerator, and one 75-kw generator, all of 550 volts; two125-light Western Electric, latest type, bipolar are dyna-mos ; three alternators and one 50-kw, 500-volt motor, STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 48. which operates a 50-kw alternator for day lighting. Bythis latter arrangement the entire day load is carried by thecross-compound Corliss engine, the motor receiving itspower, as well as all other small motors in the city, from thepower generator, which is operated independently of therailway generator, and is a metallic circuit. It is usually iffr fiiffei #1
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