. The Street railway journal . PLAN VIEW, SHOWING THE LOCATION AND DIVISIONS OF THE GREENWICH GENERATING STATION. THE GREENWICH POWER PLANT FOR THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS, SHOWING ALSO THE COAL-HANDLING DOCK AND MACHINERY companies. For the station site the Council utilized theGreenwich tramway depot and land adjoining. The station, which was designed to supply energy for thewhole of the present tramways and early extensions, will beone of the largest in England. The ultimate capacity will beabout 52,000 hp. Current is generated at about 6600 voltsthree-phase, and is transmitted by und
. The Street railway journal . PLAN VIEW, SHOWING THE LOCATION AND DIVISIONS OF THE GREENWICH GENERATING STATION. THE GREENWICH POWER PLANT FOR THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS, SHOWING ALSO THE COAL-HANDLING DOCK AND MACHINERY companies. For the station site the Council utilized theGreenwich tramway depot and land adjoining. The station, which was designed to supply energy for thewhole of the present tramways and early extensions, will beone of the largest in England. The ultimate capacity will beabout 52,000 hp. Current is generated at about 6600 voltsthree-phase, and is transmitted by underground cables tovarious sub-stations. At these sub-stations it is reduced byrotary transformers to 550 volts direct current. Sub-stations the sub-station was carried out concurrently with that of thesuperstructure of the first portion of the generating station,and by the same contractors. The general arrangement ofthe generating station was designed by the Councils archi-tect in consultation with the tramways electrical engineer,and the building was erected under the supervision of W. , the Councils
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