Identifier: electricrailwayr162amer (find matches)
Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ps giv-ing one-third and two-thirds of the working voltage to enable The largest one is on the dock at Camden, just back of thenew passenger terminal. This is a three-track shed 221 feetlong by 56 feet wide, accommodating nine cars, with roomfor office, storeroom and small machine shop at the endopposite to the entrance. All tracks have pits provided withsteam heating, electric lights and receptacles, and com-pressed air outlets for cleaning. The third rail Is not car-ried into the shed, overhead trolley being used instead. Thecenter track has an overhead hand-operated crane, with run-away extending into the machine shop. The building is ofwood frame construction covered with corrugated galvanizediron, with four-ply slag root, and is supplied with large win-dows and skylights. Kinnear steel rolling doors are used atthe main entrance. At Atlantic City the shed is of the samegeneral arrangement but smaller. The shed at Millvillehas one track and is of sufficient length for one car, with
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West Jersey & Seashore Railroad—General View Showing Westville Power House and Character of IVIain-Line Track Construction. the converters to be started from the alternating-current side.Three air-cooled transformers of standard design are pro-vided for each rotary. The disconnecting switches and lightning arresters ineach substation are located in a separate room. The high-tension circuits are of bare copper wires supported on insu-lators on a pipe framework, and each pole of the oil switchesis enclosed in a separate brick compartment. Precautionshave been taken to provide for the continuous operation ofthe road under all traffic and weather conditions. The substation buildings are of red brick, trimmed withIndiana limestone facings, and the floors are of concrete.Each substation is furnished with a hand-operated cranecapable of handling any of the machinery installed. It is a matter of interest that the substation buildings,including the foundations, were built in 60 working d

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