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The Ninety-Sixth Street Power Station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, of New York City
The events which led up to the building of the new power station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company were brought about largely by the steady growth of the company. In 1891 it was decided to adopt mechanical traction for Broadway, and the cable was selected as offering the best tractive power for heavy loads. As the company increased in size, cable extensions were built on Lexington and Columbus Avenues. Having built these, and having laid out other proposed roads, it was seen that the cable, by its multiplicity of sheave pits, curve pits and power houses, was too expensive and cumbersome to be adopted for a large system; and, as the overhead trolley, which bad proven so satisfactory in other cities, was prohibited on Manhattan Island, the company began a search for some other system which would prove satisfactory in operation and which would also overcome the objectionable features of both the foregoing systems.
The Ninety-Sixth Street Power Station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, of New York City
The events which led up to the building of the new power station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company were brought about largely by the steady growth of the company. In 1891 it was decided to adopt mechanical traction for Broadway, and the cable was selected as offering the best tractive power for heavy loads. As the company increased in size, cable extensions were built on Lexington and Columbus Avenues. Having built these, and having laid out other proposed roads, it was seen that the cable, by its multiplicity of sheave pits, curve pits and power houses, was too expensive and cumbersome to be adopted for a large system; and, as the overhead trolley, which bad proven so satisfactory in other cities, was prohibited on Manhattan Island, the company began a search for some other system which would prove satisfactory in operation and which would also overcome the objectionable features of both the foregoing systems.
The Ninety-Sixth Street Power Station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, of New York City
Montony, L. G. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 44 ; 119-142
2021-01-01
241900-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
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