. The Street railway journal . rack. The first electric carswere put in operation on August 23, 1894, and the com-pany now has fifty motor cars in regular service. The power station is located on Sea View Avenue wide, and is provided with standard General Electricappliances and Weston ammeters and voltmeters. All steam piping and wiring, excepting the live steampipes, are under the floor. A ten ton traveling crane,built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, is provided forconveniently handling the machinery when repairs areneeded. Separate jet condensers, of the Watts-Campbelltype, are attached t
. The Street railway journal . rack. The first electric carswere put in operation on August 23, 1894, and the com-pany now has fifty motor cars in regular service. The power station is located on Sea View Avenue wide, and is provided with standard General Electricappliances and Weston ammeters and voltmeters. All steam piping and wiring, excepting the live steampipes, are under the floor. A ten ton traveling crane,built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, is provided forconveniently handling the machinery when repairs areneeded. Separate jet condensers, of the Watts-Campbelltype, are attached to each engine, and are located underthe floor between the engine foundations. Condensingwater will be taken from a canal to be built in the rear ofthe power station. The boiler room is located in the rear of the engineroom, and contains eight horizontal, return tubularboilers, arranged in batteries of two each. The boilersare sixty-six inches by seventeen feet each, and were builtby the Pacific Iron Works, of Bridgeport, VIEWS OF POWER STATION, DURING COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION—BRIDGEPORT TRACTION CO. near Adams Street, and is a substantial brick and ironbuilding measuring 98 X no ft. The iron work was fur-nished by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, and is of thatcompanys standard construction for power stations. The engine room is located on the Sea View Avenueside of the building, and is provided with large windowson three sides, affording good light and ventilation. Theengine equipment consists of one Providence Greene tan-dem compound engine, with cylinder dimensions 12 X 20X 42 ins., belted direct to one G. E. 200 k. w. generator bya two-ply, twenty-four inch wide Palmer belt, and twoWatts-Campbell tandem compound Corliss engines, withcylinder dimensions 20 and 38 X 42 ins., direct connected toG. E. 300 k. w. generators. These generators are of thelatest eight-pole type, and are provided with their ownequalizing switches on the machines, and are run at 100revolutions. T
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