. Electric railway journal . hich the sectionalizing switches aremounted in water-proof boxes. Thefeeder pillars were espegajlv ^signedto meet the weather conOTnoifs^revail-ing during the wet season. No unin-sulated part of the switch gear is placedless than 2 ft. above the ground. Therailway company has a complete tele-phone system paralleling all of its linesand this has been found very valuablein calling out the tower and emergency wagons. The 5500-volt transmission cables connecting the substations are of Callenders paper insulated, lead-covered wire railway and lighting system of Bombay a
. Electric railway journal . hich the sectionalizing switches aremounted in water-proof boxes. Thefeeder pillars were espegajlv ^signedto meet the weather conOTnoifs^revail-ing during the wet season. No unin-sulated part of the switch gear is placedless than 2 ft. above the ground. Therailway company has a complete tele-phone system paralleling all of its linesand this has been found very valuablein calling out the tower and emergency wagons. The 5500-volt transmission cables connecting the substations are of Callenders paper insulated, lead-covered wire railway and lighting system of Bombay at the present time,has a total capacity of about 5000 kw. The largest unitsare two 1000-kw turbo-generators and one 1000-kw recipro-cating engine set all generating 5500-volt three-phase alter-nating current at 50 cycles. This plant was originally built#for lighting service and is located in a swampy region whichhas no good facilities for securing fuel or water. It issoon to be succeeded by a platform at Kussara Basin on the.
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