. Electric railway review . Portland Railway- -Transformer Compartment with Entrance fromOutside of Building. tioned, 11,000-volt current is fed direct to a 1,400-horsepowersynchronous motor, driving a 2,300-volt, 60-cycle generator,these two units forming the phase-changing set. There are five switchboards for controlling the variousclasses of apparatus, including the lighting transformers andmercury arc rectifiers. This well-designed substation is ofample dimensions to accommodate three additional phase-changing sets and one additional rotary converter of thecapacities now used. NEW CAMDEN S
. Electric railway review . Portland Railway- -Transformer Compartment with Entrance fromOutside of Building. tioned, 11,000-volt current is fed direct to a 1,400-horsepowersynchronous motor, driving a 2,300-volt, 60-cycle generator,these two units forming the phase-changing set. There are five switchboards for controlling the variousclasses of apparatus, including the lighting transformers andmercury arc rectifiers. This well-designed substation is ofample dimensions to accommodate three additional phase-changing sets and one additional rotary converter of thecapacities now used. NEW CAMDEN SHOPS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COR-PORATION. A new shop plant for the South Jersey division of thePublic Service Corporation is now under construction atCamden, X. J. The shop site is at the corner of Borderstreet and Xewton avenue, and is of the shape indicated inthe accompanying engraving showing the layout of the build-ings. The main building, which is now completed, so far as. Camden Shops. Public Service Corporation-and Tracks. ■Layout of Buildings the external structure is concerned, is arranged, as shown,for a machine shop, carpenter shop and paint shop, with theboiler room and shop storeroom at one end. The building is255 feet 4 inches long and 130 feet S inches wide, and thespace devoted to the machine shop, carpenter shop and paintshop respectively is 72 feet in each case. There are five pittracks allotted to each section, all tracks being served by thetransfer table. The length of each pit is about 74 feet, orlong enough to accomodate a car body and provide spacefor running out two pairs of trucks. The paint shop is separated from the carpenter shop bya fire wall having one 5-foot opening on the side opposite thepits. A similar fire wall divides the machine shop from theboiler room shop, storeroom and wheelroom, each with open-ings into the machine shop. Between the machine shop andcarpenter shop are placed steel columns on concrete founda- 64J ELE
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