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Identifier: streetrailwayjo311908newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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has been practically completed as to walls, and a new5000-kw engine-driven unit had been installed when Mr.Stillwell took charge. Since that time a second 5000-kw en- engine room. In addition, numerous changes in the pipingand wiring have been made, a new direct-current switchgallery constructed, a new and comprehensive switching gal-
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May 9, 1908.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 773 lery, designed to control the alternating and exciting currentfrom all sources, was planned and is nearing completion. The new building is a brick and steel structure of at-tractive appearance. The brick walls are built into a steelframe work which supports the floors and roof. Exteriorwalls are trimmed in terra cotta. The floors are of steeland concrete. The roof is provided with a monitor con-taining skylights and ventilators and the side walls containnumerous windows, all of which may be swung open forventilation. Fig. 2 shows the front of the new station ascompleted and the old portion removed, and Fig. 3 showsa general view of the Pratt Street power station. The rated capacity of all the machines in the new gen-erator room is 20,400 kw and provisions have been made THE TURBO-UNIT This unit consists of a Curtis turbine and a 5500-kw,13,200-volt, three-phase, 25-cycle generator. Fig. 4, taken

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  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:783
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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