Re- Rusden St Substation
Kevin Taig
Friday, September 6, 2002 2:15 PM
Two more pickkies .
First showing west side with a fair bit of
interesting brickwork.
The east shows the roofing arrangements, note
different ventilators. Rear section is modern coloured bricks, probably
added by Julian..
Jeff Bounds reports commutator noises being
emmitted in 1962.
So probably rotary(ies) installed at some time
probably 1925-6 when Brighton Rd cable came OOS.
City - Elsternwick electric opened 29/8/26. Jeff
says steel pole line pulled down in late 60s poss.' 67.
Location is of interest also (south of
Glenhuntly Rd.), as it signifies P&MTT expansionist program to extend
to Gardenvale along Brighton Rd. Problem was they ran foul of "The Railway
Committee" which not only had heavy rail along the route, but heavier
politics on their side as well.
Further information and memories have floated back
of conversations held at the time of my internal visit.
The owner, Julian, said that it had been a HV cable
store in its last stage of Board ownership.
He replaced the Atrium windows were originally
louvre type in which the opening was controllable.
The batteries would have been of the open type,
which consisted of a large, deep glass rectangular jar with lead plates
suspended from the top of the sides. The cells would have most probably
maintained and manufactured on the site in the rooms along the western side of
the building. These cells used wooden separators
between the plates and had rectangular glass splash plates over the top of
the lead plates to contain the splashes of sulphuric acid as the hydrogen
bubbles broke the surface. If there were 2
battery banks,it would allow 1 to remain on line during maintenance ( Cell
replacement etc.)
So ends the saga of Rusden St Sub -
maybe!
Bye for now
Kevin
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