. Electric railway journal . MANCHESTER POWER STEAM PLANT AND SUBSTATION AT KELLEYS FALLS ARRANGEMENT FOR 33,000-VOLT OIL SWITCHES March 10, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 425 Temporary flail. MANCHESTER POWER FLOOR PLAN OF KELLEYS FALLS STEAM STATION from Garvins Falls just outside their entrance to theBrook Street substation. This first development was made necessary by theacquisition of the Nashua Heat, Light & Power Com-pany. In order to shut down the steam station atNashua, and to supply it with power from the hydro-electric stations of the Manchester Company, a highervoltage had to be ad
. Electric railway journal . MANCHESTER POWER STEAM PLANT AND SUBSTATION AT KELLEYS FALLS ARRANGEMENT FOR 33,000-VOLT OIL SWITCHES March 10, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 425 Temporary flail. MANCHESTER POWER FLOOR PLAN OF KELLEYS FALLS STEAM STATION from Garvins Falls just outside their entrance to theBrook Street substation. This first development was made necessary by theacquisition of the Nashua Heat, Light & Power Com-pany. In order to shut down the steam station atNashua, and to supply it with power from the hydro-electric stations of the Manchester Company, a highervoltage had to be adopted for economical transmissionof power over the maximum distance of 30 miles fromthe main generating station at Garvins Falls. The 1915-1916 work recently completed was madenecessary by the rapid growth in the Manchester Trac-tion, Light & Power Companys sales of power, whichovertaxed its facilities and called for a much greatersteam reserve than had been necessary up to this condition was augmented by the fact that muchof the apparatus had become inadequate from age and the transmission lines were in such a condition as torequire complete rebuilding. Kelleys Falls
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