Image: Journal of electricity, power, and gas (1910) (14767362111)

Description: Identifier: journalofele241251910paci (find matches) Title: Journal of electricity, power, and gas Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Association Subjects: Electrical engineering Electricity Gas manufacture and works Publisher: San Francisco : Technical Pub. Co. Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ifl Journal of Electricity POWER AND GAS Devoted to the Conversion, Transmission and Distribution of Energy IP Volume XXIV SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 15, 1910 Number 3 (Copyright, 1910. by Technical Publishing Company) VISALIA FIFTEEN CYCLE SINGLE PHASE RAILWAY The first, and at the same time the only, 15 cycle,single phase, alternating current railway in the UnitedStates is the Visalia Electric Railroad, running fromVisalia to Lemon Cove, California. After two years it will undoubtedly become an important link in thelarge electric railway system which seems destined tocover that section of the San Joaquin Valley at a datenot far distant. Text Appearing After Image: Single-Phase Interurban Electric Car on Visalia Railway. of successful operation, this pioneer 15 cycle develop-ment lias fully justified the confidence and courage ofits builders in selecting, untried, a system of electri-fication without the restrictions for heavy main lineservice shown by the other systems investigated. Al-though ihe present length of electrical ri;)eralion is only22 miles, the location of the Visalia road is such that For further data see Journal of Klent-ricity, Power and Gas,August 31, 1907. For a distance of ten miles, between Visalia andExeter, the electric railway traverses the main trackof the Southern Pacific Railroad which has been elec-trified over this section by the addition of rail bonds,and the 3300 volt trolley. Twelve miles farther, fromE.xeler to Lemon Cove, a new n>ad bed has been con-Iructed, making the total lenglii nf the Visalia-LemonCove electrified route 22 miles. The road is singletracked throughout with the exception of the switching 50 Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Journal of electricity, power, and gas (1910) (14767362111)
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