Centrifugal pumps, mercury arc rectifiers - turbine floor, Kempton Park Water Treatment Works, 1928..
Kempton Great Engines Trust Steam Museum, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Surrey, Middlesex, England
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Mercury arc rectifiers convert incoming 415-volt three-phase alternating current (ac) to 200-volt direct current (dc) to operate motors on pumps and compressors in the engine house. Both units are operational, salvaged from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where they were in use c1920 to 1977.
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www.kemptonsteam.org/history/arc-rectifiers/
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www.kemptonsteam.org/history/the-turbines/
PA166431 - Copy Ov3 EV=+1 Anx2 Q90 1600h
Centrifugal pumps, mercury arc rectifiers - turbine floor, Kempton Park Water Treatment Works, 1928..
Kempton Great Engines Trust Steam Museum, Snakey Lane, Hanworth, Surrey, Middlesex, England
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Mercury arc rectifiers convert incoming 415-volt three-phase alternating current (ac) to 200-volt direct current (dc) to operate motors on pumps and compressors in the engine house. Both units are operational, salvaged from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where they were in use c1920 to 1977.
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www.kemptonsteam.org/history/arc-rectifiers/
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www.kemptonsteam.org/history/the-turbines/
PA166431 - Copy Ov3 EV=+1 Anx2 Q90 1600h