Appendix I.—Principal Electric Lighting Stations in Great Britain.
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Name of Station. Approximate No. of Lights. Systems employed. Approximate length of longest main supply conductor in miles. Main conductor overhead or underground.
Incandescent or Glow Lamps. Arc.
Brighton Electric- Light Company 1,800 40 High-tension lamps in multiple series Brush Dynamos 20 Overhead
Cadogan Electricity Supply Company (New Company) · · · · Edmunds’ system of Battery Transformers 2 Overhead
Eastbourne 1,700 30 Lowrie Hall Transformers 15 7 miles underground
Grosvenor District Electrical Supply 20,000 40 High-ension with Ferranti Transformers primary 2,400 volts, secondary 200 volts, Ferranti dynamos 6 circuits, total about 70 miles Overhead
Kensington Court Electric Lighting Company 1600 to be extended to 10,000 · · Crompton 105 volts low tension, constant supply by means of accumulators ¼ Underground
Liverpool 1,000 · · Low tension continuous current dynamos · · Overhead and Underground
Leamington 1,500 · · Chamberlain and Hookham dynamos with accumulators 1¼ Underground
Paddington Electric Lighting 4,115 16 C. P. lamps 98 3,000 C. P. E. M. F. 150 volts, Gordon alternating current Dynamos 3 Underground
Barnet and District E. Supply Company (New Company) · · · · Joel Dynamos 5 Overhead chiefly
Chelsea E. Supply Company (New Company) · · · · · · · · · ·
St. James and Pall Mall (New Company) · · · · Continuous current · · · ·
Taunton · · 23 Thompson Houston continuous current · · Overhead
Whitehall Court (New Company) · · · · Battery Transformer system · · · ·
Westminster · · · · · · · · · ·
West Brompton · · · · Lowrie Hall Transformers 10 miles when completed · ·
Adelphi Theatre 4,000 · · Continuous current dynamos coupled direct to engines 12 external circuits Overhead and Underground
Bath (New Company) · · 85 Thomson Houston Dynamos and Transformers · · · ·
Name of Station. Approximate area of distribution. Working Capital. Hours of Supply. Charges. Remarks.
By Meter. By yearly fixed amount.
Brighton Electric- Light Company About 3 square miles £12,000 Constant Meter rent 21 s. 8 d. per annum Glow lamps, 1 s. per unit, or rather over ¾ d. per lamp per hour. Arc lamps, 4 s. per lamp per week including maintenance If consumption is below 100 units quarterly, 10¾ d. discount.
Cadogan Electricity Supply Company (New Company) Belgravia and Cadogan Estate £20,000 · · · · · · · ·
Eastbourne · · £20,000 Constant · · According to consumption averaging about 6½ d. A similar station at Hastings.
Grosvenor District Electrical Supply Very irregular district, a house is lighted 2 miles from the station £375,000 8 a.m. to 3 a.m. 7½ per Board of Trade unit · · A station at Deptford is under erection to maintain 200,000 lights.
Kensington Court Electric Lighting Company The streets adjoining the station, the mains to be continued to another station at Knightsbridge £25,000 Constant By meter and minimum charge of 10 s. per annum 8 d. per unit, equal to 0·56 d. per 20 C.-P. lamp per hour, or 0·28 d. per 10 C.-P. lamp. Shops taken at £2 per annum per 20 C.-P. lamp minimum of 10 lights District embraces residences, shops, public hall, and church.
Liverpool · · £20,000 · · By meter on sliding scale First 400 hours, 1 s. per unit Second ” ” 8 d. ” Afterwards4 d. ” Board of Trade license for six years, hotels, shops, and residences.
Leamington 183 street lamps · · Constant meter Street lights £2 2 s. per annum for 2,860 hours, including renewals. 1 to 40 units per quarter 8 d. per unit. 41 to 150 units per quarter, 6 d. per unit. 151 units per quarter 4 d. per unit · ·
Paddington Electric Lighting 67 acres · · Constant · · Worked by G. W. Railway The district between Paddington and Westbourne Park is lighted throughout.
Barnet and District E. Supply Company (New Company) · · £5,000 · · · · · · 71 lamps in streets on posts 12 ft. high.
Chelsea E. Supply Company (New Company) · · · · · · · · · · · ·
St. James and Pall Mall (New Company) · · · · £20,000 · · · · Area to be lighted adjoining station.
Taunton Street lighting · · · · · · By yearly contract Arc lamps of 1200-C.-P.
Whitehall Court (New Company) To light hotels in Northumberland Avenue £24,753 Constant Proposed meter-rent 10 s. per quarter Proposed charge, 8 d. per unit with minimum of £1. 1 per lamp per annum Amalgamated with the Metropolitan Electric Supply Company.
Westminster · · · · · · · · · · New Company.
West Brompton · · · · Constant By meter The station is being erected by the House to House Lighting Company, who also propose installations in other districts.
Adelphi Theatre The buildings are close together Private · · · · The Adelphi Theatre, Adelaide Gallery, and Strand Restaurant are lit, the machinery being fixed in a basement about 30 × 45 feet. No gas is laid on.
Bath (New Company) Arc lights · · · · · · Yearly contract The power obtained from town weir supplemented by steam-engine.