. The street railway review . !!.\ 1 1 KRV HOUSE. NORTH HALF OF EN(;iNE ROOM, SHOWING RAILWAV LNITS. connected. One of these will he a 500-kw., 600-volt direct-currentmachine, and the other a 400-kw., 240-volt direct-current engine and shaft are so designed that if desired each cylindercan work as a simple engine driving its generator, or the two canrun as a cross-compound engine. These 600-volt direct-currentgenerators all furnish current for commercial circuits and for theoperation of the street railway. Alternating current is used forlighting and power servic
. The street railway review . !!.\ 1 1 KRV HOUSE. NORTH HALF OF EN(;iNE ROOM, SHOWING RAILWAV LNITS. connected. One of these will he a 500-kw., 600-volt direct-currentmachine, and the other a 400-kw., 240-volt direct-current engine and shaft are so designed that if desired each cylindercan work as a simple engine driving its generator, or the two canrun as a cross-compound engine. These 600-volt direct-currentgenerators all furnish current for commercial circuits and for theoperation of the street railway. Alternating current is used forlighting and power service in the outlying districts. The generatorsare all of the General Electric Cos. make. Exhaust steam from the engines is distributed throughout the. MtClAL WURK AND MACHINE SHOP. central portion of Topeka and sold for heating purposes. Thesteam distribution system was installed under the patents of theAmerican District Steam Co. Adjacent to the engine room is a single-story brick building 90 x32 ft. in floor area. An exterior view of this building may be seenin one of the illustrations. Inside the building is a storage batterymanufactured by the Gould Storage Battery Co. This battery equip-ment consists of 280 elements, type S-617, each having a capacityof 640 amperes for one hour and a booster set which controls theoperation of the battery. The lead lined tanks are of sufficient size power plant and the outgoing feeders. The lower panels of thisboard stand upon the engine room floor and handle all the machineand storage battery circuits. The panels of the upper board, whichis supported on the steel framework, arc all outgoing feeder panelsfor railway lighting and power circuits. car bam, shop and office buildings, a fro
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