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English: Identifier: streetrailwayrev15amer

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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Text Appearing After Image: H.\II.WAV SWITCHHOAKII. lidll.EK KCHIM, MAIN STATIllN. in towns and bare copper through the country. Poles are set witha rake of about 3 ft. from trolley wire. Feeder taps are located atevery tenth pole. In towns iron poles are used for the greater part.A high voltage is kept up to the farthest point on the line and feedercapacity is provided to take care of any load liable to be thrown onany part of the system. .Mlis-Chalmers heavy duty, railway type engines. These engineshave cylinders 28 and 56 by 48 in. and triake 94 r.p.rn., developing2,000 h. p. each, and are direct connected to Westinghouse i,ooo-kw.3-phase alternators giving 1,484 amperes per terminal at 390 volts.The exciter units consist of two Westinghouse Kodak sets withcylinders 11 and 19 by 11 in. ,each set having a capacity of 65 kw. AiK. 15. lljO.Sl STRFJiT RAILWAY REVIEW. :^oi nl 125 vulls. Iour 25-l<w. rnlary cci.iv.-iUts arc lo.Mc-.l 11. Uiepower station sMpplyiiiR <lirwl current for tin- trolley Inies

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