The New York Subway, Its Construction and EquipmentInterborough Rapid Transit Company
History
The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Local transit -- New York (State) -- New York; Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
The illustration on page 122 is produced from a photograph of the
interior of one of the transformer cupboards and shows the transformer
in place with the end bell of the high potential cable and the primary
switchboard containing switches and enclosed fuses. The illustration
on page 123 shows one of the secondary distributing switchboards
which are located immediately behind the ticket booths, where they are
under the control of the ticket seller.
[Illustration: TRANSFORMER COMPARTMENT IN PASSENGER STATION]
In lighting the subway between passenger stations, it is desirable, on
the one hand, to provide sufficient light for track inspection and to
permit employees passing along the subway to see their way clearly and
avoid obstructions; but, on the other hand, the lighting must not be
so brilliant as to interfere with easy sight and recognition of the
red, yellow, and green signal lamps of the block signal system. It is
necessary also that the lights for general illumination be so placed
that their rays shall not fall directly upon the eyes of approaching
motormen at the head of trains nor annoy passengers who may be reading
their papers inside the cars. The conditions imposed by these
considerations are met in the four-track sections of the subway by
placing a row of incandescent lamps between the north-bound local and
express tracks and a similar row between the southbound local and
express tracks. The lamps are carried upon brackets supported upon the
iron columns of the subway structure, successive lamps in each row
being 60 feet apart. They are located a few inches above the tops of
the car windows and with reference to the direction of approaching
trains the lamps in each row are carried upon the far side of the iron
columns, by which expedient the eyes of the approaching motormen are
sufficiently protected against their direct rays.
[Sidenote: _Lighting of
the Power
House_]
For the general illumination of the engine room, clusters of Nernst
lamps are supported from the roof trusses and a row of single lamps
of the same type is carried on the lower gallery about 25 feet from
the floor. This is the first power house in America to be illuminated
by these lamps. The quality of the light is unsurpassed and the
general effect of the illumination most satisfactory and agreeable to
the eye. In addition to the Nernst lamps, 16 c. p. incandescent lamps
are placed upon the engines and along the galleries in places not
conveniently reached by the general illumination. The basement also is
lighted by incandescent lamps.
[Illustration: SECONDARY DISTRIBUTING SWITCHBOARD AT PASSENGER
STATION]
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