Central-Station Electric Lighting / With Notes on the Methods Used for the Distribution of Electricity :: Appendix II. Principal Electric Lighting Stations on the Continent.

Appendix II. Principal Electric Lighting Stations on the Continent.


Name of Station.	Approximate No. of Lights.		Systems employed.	Approximate length of longest main supply conductor in miles.	Main conductor overhead or underground.
Name of Station.	Incandescent or Glow Lamps.	Arc.	Systems employed.		Main conductor overhead or underground.
Bergen	3,000	70	Brush	··	Overhead
Bellegarde	?600	··	Gramme dynamos	··	Overhead
Berlin	11,800	··	Edison lamps 100 volts	··	Underground
?” ?” ?”	17,400 3,000 42,200	·· 108 400	” ” ”	1½ ·· ··	” ” ”
Breslau	5,000	69	Siemens	··	Underground
Brunswick	2,000	··	Edison	··	”
Crefeld	1,560	··	”	··	”
Darmstadt	1,000	··	”	··	”
Dresden	3,400	··	”	··	”
Elberfeld	2,000	··	”	··	Underground
Hamburg	4,000	50	Schuckert	··	”
HernÖsand	··	70	Thomson Houston	··	Overhead
Halle	1,350	10	Edison	··	Underground
Hanover	10,000 to be increased to 20,000	··	”	··	”
Lucerne	800	··	Zippernowsky high-tension current with transformers	4	Overhead
Lubeck	2,000	··	Edison	··	”
Milan	11,000	210	Edison	¾	Underground
Milan	1,000	··	Zippernowsky	”	”
Munich	6,500	140	Edison	”	”
Rome	14,000	··	Zippernowsky	4	”
Rotterdam	1,000	··	Edison	··	”
St. Etienne	3,000	··	Edison, Three-wire system	··	”
Strassburg	1,800	62	Edison and Siemens	··	Underground and overhead
Stuttgart	1,060	··	”	··	Underground
Schwerin	2,390	··	”	··	”
Tivoli	1,000	6	Goulard high-tension transformers	18	Overhead
Tours	3,500	··	Goulard	3	”
Terni	3,000	··	Zippernowsky Transformers	··	··
Treviso	800	··	Zippernowsky transformers	··	Overhead
Turin	1,000	100	Edison	··	Underground
Temesvar	760	··	Brush machines; Lane Fox lamps	2	Overhead
Vienna	8,000	··	Crompton Low-tension dynamos with battery transformers	½	Underground


Name of Station.	Approximate area of distribution.	Description of lighting.	Hours of Supply.	Charges.		Remarks.
Name of Station.	Approximate area of distribution.	Description of lighting.	Hours of Supply.	By Meter.	By yearly fixed amount.	Remarks.
Bergen	··	Street lighting and public buildings	··	··	··	··
Bellegarde	··	··	··	··	Of fr. 0·4 per hour, or 8 francs per month for 8-C.-P.	Worked by water power.
Berlin	Nearly whole of business part of city	These installations supply clubs, theatres, public buildings, and street lighting	Constant service	··	6s. per year fixed charge, and per hour per 16-C.-P. lamp; arc lamps, 6d. and 7d. per hour, and 60s. yearly per light	Stations at Friedrich Street, Mauer Street, Schadou Street.
Breslau	1,200 metres radius	Railway station and mills	··	··	··	··
Brunswick	··	Mills and factories	··	··	··	··
Crefeld	··	··	··	··	··	··
Darmstadt	··	··	··	··	··	··
Dresden	··	··	··	··	··	··
Elberfeld	Three-wire system	··	··	··	··	··
Hamburg	··	Lighting of the Free Port	Dusk until dawn	··	··	Under construction. 2 block stations, 1 central-station.
HernÖsand	··	··	··	··	··	Yearly contract, which is less than former lighting by oil.
Halle	··	Stadt Theatre	··	··	··	··
Hanover	13,000 feet radius from station	Shops and public buildings	Constant	By meter to subscribers for three years	0·42 d. per 10-C.-P. lamp per hour; 0·5 d. per 16-C.-P.
Lucerne	To be extended throughout Lucerne	In hotels	Dusk until midnight	··	··	Motive power, water.
Lubeck	··	··	··	··	··	··
Milan	1½ square mile Theatre with 460 lamps in houses	The district is served in a similar manner to gas	Constant	Arc and incandescent ½ d. per ampÈre-hour	Installation charge per lamp per 10 candles, 8_s._ ” 16 ” 28_s._ ” 32 ” 56_s._ Arc lamp £2 per annum rent	··
Munich	Two theatres	··	··	··	··	··
Rome	Hotels and shops	··	4 p.m. to 1 a.m.	··	Of 2·08 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per hour	The installation is owned by the gas company.
Rotterdam	··	··	··	··	··	··
St. Etienne	··	··	··	Meter	3 s. 5 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per month, also fixed sum of 2 s. 11 d. per lamp	··
Strassburg	Railway station, and goods yards, 86 acres area	Also a block station for hotel and restaurants	Dusk until daylight	··	Net cost of lighting station, including 12 per cent. for inerest and renewal.--Arc lamps, 3¾ d. per hour; 16 C.-P. glow lamps, 0·42 d. per hour; 10 C.-P. glow lamps, 0.32 d. per hour; 8 C.-P. glow lamps, 0·29 d. per hour	Carried out by the railway company. The cost is estimated at one-third less than gas.
Stuttgart	Theatre	··	··	··	··	One central-station. One block station.
Schwerin	”	··	··	··	··	··
Tivoli	Principally street lighting	··	··	··	··	Motive power, water; yearly contract for street lighting.
Tours	··	··	··	··	Subscribers at 2 s. 9 d. per 16 C.-P. lamp per month	Three distributing stations at work, to be increased to ten.
Terni	Town lighting	··	··	··	Charge 0·4 d. to 1·3 d. per hour according to C.-P.	··
Treviso	Town lighting.	··	··	··	··	··
Turin	Street lighting by arc lamps	··	··	··	Thomson-Houston arc lamps	··
Temesvar	About 37 miles of streets	Street lighting chiefly	Dusk until dawn	··	Street lighting, 1·5 kreutzer per 16-C.-P. lamp per hour Private consumers, 1·81 kreutzer	··
Vienna	Opera house, Court theatre, and municipal buildings	··	··	··	By contract at a price about double gas	This installation is being put down by the gas company which lights the city.

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