Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches)
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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n Figs. 2 and 3; Fig. - shows an indicator cardtaken with the battery off the system, the pencil of the indicator h on the card E le full minute. The card shown in Fig. ; was obtained in a similar manner with the battery on the sj The battery has been in constant service of the most severe char-ter Mine it was lirst installed, and has probably had. ill doingso, as exacting a service as any railway battery in the country. This hattcry is located across the street from Station A; thebooster and switchboard being located in said power house andconnected with the battery by means of cables which pass througha tunnel under the sti Battery No. 2, known as Batter) Station II. This battery 1- of 1,000 kw. capacity and consists of 250 chlo-ride accumulators, each cell consisting of 52 type G plates in a G-76lead lined lank. There was also furnished with this battery a150-kw. Western Electric motor-driven booster for regulating thechargi and discharge. The discharge capacity is 2.CO0 amperes at
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DETROIT FEEDER MM S Sfpt. x>. 1902.) STREE I R \1I.W AY REVIEW 525 500 volts for one hour. 1.000 amperesfor three hoursg I hours. This battery is located about threemiles from the power bouse, andut two miles beyond the center ofthe railway companys city lines; itU used to help carry the morningevening peak*, relievingthe power house from a portion ofthe load, and also maintaining a bet-ter voltage throughout the portiithe city where it is located thanhe maintained from the power house,without materially increasing ther house voltage. It feeds intothe equalizing wire previously men-tioned. This battery was installed in Jan-uary. 1001. since when it has bdaih g. 4 illustrates a typical load on this battery.Battery No. 3. known as Battery ion I.This battery i- of (50-kw. capacity.and 1* located i m the Wy- andotte Division, the battery bing being about to) 1 miles from thepower house. The battery installa-tion consists of 276 chloride ac-cumulators, type F-15; the plat,ing II by IOS

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