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Identifier: reportofelectric02loui (find matches)
Title: Report of the Electric Railway Test Commission to the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Electric Railway Test Commission Norris, Henry Hutchinson, 1873-1940, ed Swenson, Bernard Victor, 1872- ed
Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: New York, McGraw
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gfrom 60 to 100 ft. in width. The road-bed is of the most sub-stantial type, the ballast being 14 in. deep, and laid upon abank 16 ft. in width. Oak ties, 6 in. by 8 in. by 8 ft. in sizeare spaced with 24 in. between centers, and upon these are laid80-lb. rails connected by 250,000 cm. protected rail bonds, andin addition the rails are cross-bonded near all the special work. The power is supplied to the system from the power station atAnderson at 15,000 volts over the Eastern division, and at 30,000volts over the Northern division. The power is received atsubstations suitably distributed along the lines, which containtransformers and rotary converters for reducing the pressure to600 volts and converting the power to direct current. Thegeneral plan of the distribution is shown in Fig. 46. THE MUNCIE-ANDERSON-INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION. The service tests upon the interurban car were conductedupon the Muncie division of the lines of the Indiana Union Trac- 148 ELECTRIC RAILWAY TEST COMMISSION
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Fig. 46. —Map of System of Indiana Union Traction Company. SERVICE TESTS OF AN INTERURBAN CAR 149 tion Company. This division, as shown in Fig. 46, connects thecities of Muncie, Anderson, and IndianapoUs. IndianapoUs hasa population of approximately 200,000, while the other two citieshave a population of about 30,000 each. The division, whichis the original line of the system, runs through a rich farmingcountry, and besides connecting the cities above mentioned,passes through a number of towns and villages, varying in sizefrom 5,000 to 2,500 inhabitants.^ It is supplied with powerfrom the following substations, which have the equipmentsspecified. LOCATION OF SUBSTATIONS AND EQUIPMENTS. Sub-station. Miles FROM Ander-son. Trans-missionVoltage. Number OF Step-downTrans-formers. Capa-city OFEach IN Kilo-watts. Number OF 250 K.w.Ro- TARIES. Capacity of Storage Battery in Amp. ON 8 HR. Rate OF Discharge. Anderson .Daleville . .Muncie . . .Ingalls . . .Lawrence . 0 7.117.114.528.9 37515,00

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.). Electric Railway Test Commission; Norris, Henry Hutchinson, 1873-1940, ed;

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