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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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angement that is mutually advantageous, as these twoimportant parts of the equipment can be seen together. June 20, 1904 1 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 403 NATIONAL ELECTRIC CO. The National Electric Co., successor to the Christensen Engi-neering Co., has a very complete and interesting exhibit located inthe Electricity Building. The exhibit covers 2,500 sq. ft. and occu-pies almost the entire space in block No. 6. The e.xhibit includes a Christensen motor-driven air brake equip-ment in operation; also an equipment in process of construction.There is also an instruction equipment, which is a duplicate of the 30° on a continuous run at full load, and 40 on a continuous runof 45 per cent overload. . « >» • FOR AUTOMATICALLY STOPPING ENGINES. The Consolidated Engine Stop Co., of New York City, is makinga demonstration at block 36, Machinery Hall, of its device forstopping steam engines in cases of emergency. This device hasbeen described in previous issues of the Street Railway Review.
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AlK BRAKK EXHIBIT uK NATIONAL ELIiCTI school equipments used by the large street railways for the instruc-tion of their motormen. All cars of the Intramural Railway operating through the Exposi-tion grounds are equipped with the Christensen air brakes, andvisitors can observe the operation of the brake in actual servicewhen riding on these cars. In addition to the air-brake exhibit, anumber of direct and alternating current generators are shown atthe space. The generating plant at Machinery Hall includes a1,500-kw. National alternator, which supplies a portion of the elec-tric current for lighting and power purposes. This alternator isdirect connected to a 2,soo-h. p. Hamilton-Corliss vertical cross-compound engine. The rate of output is 1,500 kw., 25 cycles, 6,600volts, running at 83 r. p. m., and the power generated will be usedfor various Exposition purposes. Like all of this companys standard alternators, this machine isof the revolving field type, with the armature stationary and

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