. Electric railway review . istics to change the frequency from 60 to 25 cycles beforefeeding the current to the railway transmission line. J. , general manager, solved this problem, with the aidof the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company andThe Electric Storage Battery Company by combining phase-changing induction motor-generator sets on the same shaftswith direct-current railway machines which utilize a largestorage battery as a flywheel. ■» As earlier stated, the phase-changing and battery stationis located near the Spokane end of the railway. The buildingas illustrated
. Electric railway review . istics to change the frequency from 60 to 25 cycles beforefeeding the current to the railway transmission line. J. , general manager, solved this problem, with the aidof the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company andThe Electric Storage Battery Company by combining phase-changing induction motor-generator sets on the same shaftswith direct-current railway machines which utilize a largestorage battery as a flywheel. ■» As earlier stated, the phase-changing and battery stationis located near the Spokane end of the railway. The buildingas illustrated herewith is a brick structure, about 100 by 65feet, with concrete floors. The Chloride accumulators arehoused in a separate structure of similar design. The main. Spokane & Inland Power—Transformers Mounted on Trucksin Compartments. Spokane & Inland Power—Phase-Changing Station NearSpokane. will develop 20,000 horsepower. About 5,000 horsepower machine floor of the station is served by a 15-ton Xiles hand capacity will be required to operate the Inland Empire Sys-tem and the remainder will be sold for power and lightingpurposes in and around Spokane. Since the opening of the Spokane & Inland Railroad the crane. The accompanying halftone engravings and zincetching, made from a line drawing, afford a good general ideaof the building and the layout of the machinery. Here thethree-phase 60-cycle current of 4,000 volts pressure is changed i 1 1 1 /^/) 1^ 1 p \y //7/J/? k g^; ^■b\ •/re -V ?/j-, ■/?6 V/ V ^y. ^ \ / ^/A ^-;&, w loc ia, ■J// 7/t /? •t7X -y I r-^ TOO on M ■7J? 7/Si XV, ^^,\ \ Ij M^ ^^y ■^ \\ dOO V ^ w ^ \_ h >A \ /i ^ ■xe, \/?k \ ^ J V V ^ ^^ p>- 1 ^ ^ i J^ V/ \ m J 1^ i 600 % 1 f Cy L^ ^ r N<
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