[BC] AC Voltage Drop

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Rich,
Ever driven past the gigantic power plant off Broadway (route 99) in Charlestown,  off the route-16 circle? That's where Boston gets its "essential" power and it's all AC, converted to DC for the subways at various "power stations" throughout the city. 
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>

------ At 01:04 PM 6/29/2009, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote: -------

>There several power stations converting normal AC utility power to 
>600 volts DC for the subway and a few DC elevators remaining.

Hmm. During the1965 blackout only the subway, trolleys and trackless 
trolleys were running. I was told Boston was the only city where the 
transit system had its own power plants.

Rich