View of street tramway of the Madras Electric Tramways Co.

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there is only one other electric road in Asia. The length is 5 miles of single track. Extensions which will make this figure 7 miles will soon be under way. The line is practically a dead level, and in some places is only 7 or 8 feet above high water. Tracklaying was all done by natives. The conduit is similar to that at Budapest, in that it has the slot alongside one track rail. The conductors are steel T rails hung on porcelain insulators. The feeders are lead sheathed and armored cables. All motor cars have a 7-foot wheel base. The wheels are 2 feet 9 inches in diameter. The motors are rated at 10 brake horse-power at 500 revolutions per minute. They are singler eduction, using double helical steel gears. The powerhouse is a substantial building, containing two Elwell-Parker generators, giving 240 amperes at 500 volts. Generators make 430 revolutions per minute and have automatic lubricating pumps. [...] It was last January that the inaugural ceremonies of the construction of the Madras tramways took place.



From "The street railway review" (1891). Scan from the Internet Archive of Book Images.