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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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g, if but 300 M. V. he required on theline, this can be furnished by one couple, the others l)eingall shut down, and the other machines can be thrown Railway Company, of Columbus, Ohio, presented here-with, shows an entirely different form of station con-struction. This station, which was designed by Messrs.Barry & McTighe, was completed last spring, and con-tains a number of novel features in the arrangement ofstack and machinery. The (lower plant consists of four Westinghouse com-pound, non-t()ndensing engines, with cylinder dimensionsiSin. aiul 30 in. x 1 <) in. stroke, each of which is directlyconnected to a 200 K. ^^^ Westinghouse generator. Eachunit is mounted on a heavy cast iron bed plate and thepower is transmitted fr(un the engine to the generatorthrough an insulated, nni\ersal spring couplings Thisprovides for anv mis-alignment of the shafts, and suppliesan abundant elasticity to lake up shocks and changes inload. 66 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. October, 189:
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October, 1895. TI-IE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. 67 This form of couple, called the Kodak, probably be-cause of its compactness, has proved a very popular one.The loss of power due to belt friction, and the journalfriction which it involves, is, of course, saved. Anotherpoint, and of course a very important one where real es-tate is expensive, is the fact that the complete unit takes upbut little room, and a larger number of units and greatercapacity of output can be housed in a given space than inthe station previously illustrated. Another importantadvantage lies in the regularity of the station arrange-ment, and the ability of the attendants to reach quicklyany particular spot where their presence is demandedby some emergency. The arrangement of the pipingcan also be very simple and direct. The engine room of the Columbus Central RailwayCompany is noticeable for its extremely artistic construc-tion. It is lined with white glazed and cream-colored these engines in operation, but

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