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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ity systems comprised 56 miles, and the capacity of thegenerating station was 3.000 kw. at rated load. When the extensions, comprising what are generally known asthe Indianapolis Northern lines, were decided upon, an additionto the power sUtion became necessary, and the work of construc- included two-400-h. p. and two 600-U. p, Bahcock & Wilcox boilerswith superheaters and B. & W. stokers; two cross-compound engmesdirect connected to i,ooo-kw.. 3-5-volt, three phase, Wcstmg-liouse engine type generators; one 75-1 i>. motor driven exciter set- two isoo-li. P Knowles condensers; and an extension of 210ft to the Mead coal conveyor. Two alternating current generatorpanels, two transmission line feeder panels, and one exciter panelwere added to the switchboard. The most marked change in the station was the construction ofa separate transformer building. This is 30x90 ft., two stories KEf • LOGANSPORT* Peru Hiqh TensionD.C. FeederTroUeu KOKOMO NOBLESVILLE L FAIRMOUHT Alexandria
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MUMCIE Wi NEW CASTLE BROAD RIPPLE INDIANAPOLIS DIAGRAM OF A. C. AND D. C. DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.«ln thiH dl..gr:,m .her. aro shown trolley wire. ..nd direct ^■l^J^fZ^TBl;i^:iinTs;ir^nr apSf-ind tion was carried out under the direction of Mr. A. S. Richey, elec-trical engineer for the company, following the original design whichwas by Sargent & Lundy. of Chicago. The limit of the old building is indicated on the plan view, and is also to be seen m theexterior view of the station building, the photograph from whichlhi> was reproduced having been taken before the monitor roof onthe new portion was completed. It will be observed that the original building had space for four1,000-kw unilJ and that with the extension there arc six such unitsprovided for. The new equipment iniulled in the station proper high, located near the southeast corner of the main station. On(he lower or basement floor are the transformers, comprising the15 transformers of 250 kw. each of the original equipmen

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