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Progress In Electric Railway Transportation / (Title Page) Progress In Electric Railway Transportation. Westinghouse Contributions And Service. Special Publication 1794. October, 1927 Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Progress In Electric Railway Transportation / (Title Page) Progress In Electric Railway Transportation. Westinghouse Contributions And Service. Special Publication 1794. October, 1927

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Other works by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Publication: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co, 1927, East Pittsburg

First edition. 10 ½" x 8 1/4" in colorful Art Deco cover with art by Phillips and depicting the change from horse-drawn trolleys to stylishly dressed flappers exiting electric trolley cars. 46 [2] pp. Contents. Foreword. Introduction. A surprisingly scarce and well-illustrated catalog for describing all of the Westinghouse contributions and equipment for electric railways, including the Transformer, A-C Voltage Regulator, No. 1 Motor, D-C Generator, Carbon-Break Circuit Breaker, 60-Cycle System, Rotary Converter, Automatic Railway Substation, Low-Floor Car Motor, Turret Control, Power Arc Rectifiers, Oil Seal Housings, Communicating-Pole Motors, etc. Light soiling and with light wear to the extremities and scraping to spine. Very good.

Inventory Number: 48892

$375.00