Commonwealth Electric Company Chicago
by
W. B. Henshaw
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| ISBN-13/EAN: | 978-1-902222-18-9 |
| ISBN-10: | 1-902222-18-0 |
| Title: | Commonwealth Electric Company Chicago |
| Author: | W. B. Henshaw |
| Price: | Unavailable |
| Description: | This book is a collection of photographs of the Commonwealth Electric Company’s Fisk Street power station in Chicago. They were originally a series of “magic-lantern” slides used in talks about electricity supply, generation and engineering. They are dated May 2, 1907. The individual headings are taken from a set of notes which accompanied the slides. |
| Pages: | viii 27 |
| Availability: | Unavailable |
| Format: | Hard Back A4 landscape |
| Illustrations: | 14 sepia photographs |
| Published: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Bardon Enterprises |
| Cover: |  |
Table of contents :-
- Introduction
- 1. Fisk Street Station - Exterior of the ultimate, as proposed
- 2. Fisk Street Station - Interior, No 1 Pioneer 5,000 kW Turbine in foreground
- 3. Fisk Street Station - Interior of Boiler Room
- 4. Fisk Street Station - Interior of Oil Switch Room
- 5. Fisk Street Station - Operating Gallery for controlling oil switches, first seven units
- 6. Fisk Street Station - Interior of Dining Room - Second Dining Room and Electric Kitchen in rear
- 7. Fisk Street Station - Interior of Electric Kitchen
- 8. Fisk Street Station - Interior of Library and Assemby Room
- 9. Fisk Street Station - Interior - Detail view of 9,000 kW Tubo-alternator
- 10. Interior of Laod Dispatcher's Office from which operation of Generating Stations and Transmission System is controlled, similar to Train Dispatcher's control of a Railway System.
- 11. W. 22nd Street Sub-station - Exterior
- 12. Plymouth Place Sub-station - Interior showing 2,000 kW Rotary Converter on right
- 13. W. Madsion Street Sub-station - Interior showing 500 and 1,000 kW horizontal and 2,000 kW vertical motor generator sets
- 14. Typical Storage Battery Installation
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