Schenectady Electrical Handbook

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Being a Guide for Visitors from Abroad Attending the International Electrical Congress, St. Louis, Mo., September, 1904

Published under the auspices of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1904

[This information is from the Schenectady Electrical Handbook by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. (Schenectady, NY: General Electric Press, 1904). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 621.3 A51s.]

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Schenectady
- History (7)
- Map (opposite 98)
The General Electric Company:
- Schenectady Works (9)
- Map (opposite 10)
- Offices [Building Nos. 2, 4] (13)
- Drafting Room [Building Nos. 2, 4] (13)
- Pattern Shop [Building 77] (15)
- Brass Foundry [Building 7] (15)
- Iron Foundry [Building 83] (16)
- Machine Shops [Buildings 9, 16, 8] (19)
- Large Units (21)
- Steam Turbines [Buildings 20, 86] (25)
- Switchboard Department [Building 23] (29)
- Transformers [Building 84] (31)
- Railway Motor Department (36)
- Controllers and Air Brakes [Building 23] (38)
- Electric Locomotives [Building 16] (41)
- Wire and Cable Department [Buildings 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 103] (45)
- Searchlights [Building 23] (48)
- Rheostat Department [Building 26] (49)
- Sockets, Receptacles and Small Supplies [Buildings 26, 94] (50)
- Testing Department [Buildings 11, 16, 20, 23, 26, 84] (51)
- Standardizing, Testing and Research Laboratories [Building 4] (57)
- Shipping Department [Building 12] (59)
- Old Power Station [Buildings 13, 12] (61)
- New Power Station [Building 85] (63)
- General Electric Railroad (65)
The American Locomotive Company:
- Schenectady Works (67)
- History (67)
- Types of Locomotives (67)
- Principal Buildings (69)
Schenectady's City, Suburban and Interurban Electric Railway Facilities:
- Map (74)
- Operation (73)
- Interurban Lines (73)
- Rolling Stock
  - City Cars (75)
  - Interurban Cars (77)
  - Miscellaneous Equipment (77)
  - Ballston Cars (77)
- Track and Line Construction (78)
- Power Supply (79)
- The New Dock Street Sub-Station (81)
- Troy Sub-Station (83)
- Albany Sub-Station (84)
- Ballston Sub-Station (84)
- Freight and Express (85)
- Employees (86)
- Benefit Association (86)
- Organization (86)
Hudson River Power Company (87)
Union College
- History (89)
- Grounds and Buildings (90)
- President Eliphalet Nott (91)
- Organization (93)
- Electrical Engineering (95)
Schenectady to Montreal (97)