. The street railway review . the several plantshave been combined together. The transmission lines must be con-structed mechanically strong, good insulators being the most im-portant detail, with the best of men regularly and thoroughly in-specting the line. The various station operators of these lines arekept posted on the operation of the whole system and are given theopportunity to operate in all stations, thus acquainting themselvesvvith the various local conditions and keeping in touch with theoperating details of the wliole .system. Generating System. As stated, six different water powe
. The street railway review . the several plantshave been combined together. The transmission lines must be con-structed mechanically strong, good insulators being the most im-portant detail, with the best of men regularly and thoroughly in-specting the line. The various station operators of these lines arekept posted on the operation of the whole system and are given theopportunity to operate in all stations, thus acquainting themselvesvvith the various local conditions and keeping in touch with theoperating details of the wliole .system. Generating System. As stated, six different water power plants are supplying powerthrough 450 miles of transmission lines and all working together inparallel with the steam generating plant in Salt Lake City. The mostdistant stations are 120 miles apart. The stations are never runseparately. Depending upon the season of the year with the conse-quent water conditions, some are run with steady load; that is, theyutilize the total flow of the stream, while others have their govern-. ELS VOLT.\GE, STEl-DOWN STATION. ors cut in to do the regulating. Huring the three months of tlie ir-rigating season, practically all the water available in the variousstreams is utilized for generating power. The steam stations takemuch of the load fluctuation, and to carry over the peak load in theevening the big power house at Ogden is used. Nearly all the flowof the Ogden River is conserved in the upper reservoir throughthe 18 hours of lighter load, then utilized to run the station atfullload during the peak. The irrigating canals below must have asteady supply during the 24 hours; to allow of this being done a Oct. 15, lyos.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 729 reservoir below tin- power lioiise is used for storing the tail-racewater and lliiis eqiiaii/inK the flow. The steam generating station consists of a t,2oo-li. p. Hamilton-Corliss engine, lielted direct to a (Jcneral IClectric j,30o-volt genera-tor. Ilic boiler ctiuipnient consists of 1,500 li. p.
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