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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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re capacity of the power plant has been contracted forin amounts ranging from 100 to 500 h. p. January, 1898.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 37 Changing a Cable Conduit to an ElectricConduit As announced in a recent issue of the Street Rail-way Journal, the Capital Traction Company, of Wash-ington, D. C, whose cable power station was recentlydestroyed by fire, has decided to replace the cable on themain line with the underground electric system. Theline in question extends from the Navy Yard to George- running at 100 r. p. m. Each will be connected to a G. E.550 k. w., 600 volt generator. The boilers will be of theCahall Babcock & Wilcox type, with 21,485 sq. ft. ofheating surface. Four batteries will be installed. Theywill be equipped withRoney mechanical stokers and Deaneof Holyoke pumps and condensers. Coal handling ma-chinery will be used, but the type has not yet been de-cided. In addition to the railroad generators, the com-pany will install three G. E. boosters of 100 k. w. each,
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FIG. 2.—SECTION OF MANHOLE Street Ry. Journal Street Ry. Journal FIG. 3.—SECTION SHOWING POSITION OFPLOW IN CONDUIT town, and traverses the entire length of PennsylvaniaAvenue, the most important thoroughfare in the city.This line is now being operated by horse power, but thework of making the necessary changes in the conduit toadapt it to electrical service is being carried rapidly for-ward and the new apparatus is being installed in the powerstation. The company has also decided to convert to elec-tricity its Seventh Street cable line, making a total of 10.8miles to be changed from cable to electric power. The companys station will be located on Grace Street,between Thirty-second and Thirty-third Streets, and willoccupy a building formerly used as a mill and warehouse.It is on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, from which waterwill be taken for condensing purposes. The engine equip-ment will be Allis tandem compound, 800 h. p. engines,with cylinder dimensions 20 ins. X 4° ins X 4

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