. Electric railway journal . Indianapolis, New Castle & Toledo—Exterior of Substationat Shirley arresters is installed on a fireproof gallery close to the outletof the 33,000-volt line wires. The horn gaps are inside thebuilding. Direct current for feeding the New Castle end of the trolleywire is obtained from a rotary converter installed in the powerhouse. This 300-kw unit takes its supply of current directly. Indianapolis, New Castle & Toledo—Transformers in Sub-station at Shirley arranged as a residence for the agent and substation station is now in charge of a man and his wif
. Electric railway journal . Indianapolis, New Castle & Toledo—Exterior of Substationat Shirley arresters is installed on a fireproof gallery close to the outletof the 33,000-volt line wires. The horn gaps are inside thebuilding. Direct current for feeding the New Castle end of the trolleywire is obtained from a rotary converter installed in the powerhouse. This 300-kw unit takes its supply of current directly. Indianapolis, New Castle & Toledo—Transformers in Sub-station at Shirley arranged as a residence for the agent and substation station is now in charge of a man and his wife. The wifeoperates the substation and performs the duties of ticket andexpress agent during the daytime and the husband is on duty atnight. The electrical features of the substations are very current is led into the buildingthrough porcelain wall insulators. Taps for an electrolyticlightning arrester equipment and its horn gaps are just outsideof the wire entrances. The electrolytic arresters, of whichthere are four cells, are mounted on an insulated platform justinside the substation wall. The high-tension wires are carried on porcelain pedestalssecured to the ceiling of the substation. Three bus wires, towhich the transmission line is connected through hand-operatedknife switches, extend across the width of the substation andare supported on disk strain insulat
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