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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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cylinder rolling-mill type of Corliss engine, manufactured bythe Murray Iron Works, the other two being driven by Brown-Corliss vertical cross-compound engines, at a speed of 135r. p. m. The sixth unit is of 400-kw capacity, at 150 r. p. m.,and uses a Harrisburg horizontal tandem compound 15-in. x40^-in. x 26-in. engine. The last generating unit in the seriesis driven by a Doble water-wheel, made by the Abner DobleCompany, of San Francisco, the water pressure being fur-nished by a Jeansville Iron Works pump. The unit is of 100-kwcapacity, and runs at 700 r. p. m. POWER PLANT IN MACHINERY BUILDINGThe power plant in Machinery Building will undoubtedly beone of the most interesting collections of large prime moversever assembled under one roof. Here the latest things in steamturbines and gas engines will be shown, as well as some of thelargest types of reciprocating engines. The sources of electrical energy for the operation of theExposition may be divided into three classes. The service
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ONE OF THE TERMINAL STATIONS OF THE INTRAMURALRAILWAY A DOUBLE-TRACK TRESTLE ON THE INTERURBAN RAILWAY 10,000 sq. ft. in the Machinery Building. It is seen on ap-proaching the main entrance of the building, and is one of themost striking electrical exhibits on the grounds. This will bedescribed below. The equipment for furnishing power for theintramural line was supplied by the Crocker-Wheeler Com-pany, and consists of seven units,having a combined generatingcapacity of 3500 kw. Each unit is a standard Crocker-Wheelerrailway type generator, direct-connected to the prime mover; There is one unit of 900-kw capacity, running at 100 r. p. m.,and driven by a Buckeye cross-compound steam engine. A plant of the Exposition,installed by the Westinghouse interests,contains four units of 2000 kw each. The engines are vertical,compounding, condensing. Two of them drive 25-cycle, three-phase 6600-volt Westinghouse generators, and the other twodrive similar General Electric generators. The Louisian

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