. The Street railway journal . The road takes its power from the Manchester Traction,Light & Power Company, and also from the ConcordStreet Railway. The former company has an available10,000 hp, part of which is transmitted to the sub-stationat Hooksett at a pressure of 10,000 volts, three-phasealternating current. At this station it is passed throughGeneral Electric transformers and rotary converters andtransformed to 550-volt direct current. Aluminum feedercables equal to 500,000 circ. mils copper cable are used Railroad, and were built in the shops at Concord. Theyare heavier than ordinary
. The Street railway journal . The road takes its power from the Manchester Traction,Light & Power Company, and also from the ConcordStreet Railway. The former company has an available10,000 hp, part of which is transmitted to the sub-stationat Hooksett at a pressure of 10,000 volts, three-phasealternating current. At this station it is passed throughGeneral Electric transformers and rotary converters andtransformed to 550-volt direct current. Aluminum feedercables equal to 500,000 circ. mils copper cable are used Railroad, and were built in the shops at Concord. Theyare heavier than ordinary street railway cars of the samelength, are 39 ft. 5 ins. long, and are 8 ft. 8 ins. width makes it possible to have a center aisle of con-venient width with two comfortable seats on each weight of each car is 40,000 lbs. They are finishedinside in mahogany, and are equipped with large windowsso constructed that the whole sash drops into a pocket,leaving the sides open and securing all the advantages of. Mm MASONRY CULVERT, JOINT STEAM AND STREET RAILWAY BRIDGE, ROCK CUT AND LONG GRADE, SHOWING WHISTLING POST AT SIDE OF TRACK for direct-current distribution. The Concord Street Rail-way power plant consists of four General Electric dyna-mos belted to Rollins engines, and has a total capacity of600 hp. From this station a large aluminum feeder equalto 500,000 circ. mils, copper cable is strung nearly the en-tire length of the line, and is also tapped onto a large 264-cell storage battery at the Concord sub-station, for equal-izing the load. The cars used on this branch were designed by J. , master car builder of the Boston & Maine an open car without its disadvantages. Each car has anair whistle, and whistling posts, such as are used to cau-tion locomotive engineers, are found at every street cross-ing and at other points where the necessity exists. Atsuch points two long and two short blasts are given justas on steam railroads. The cars, which ar
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