Abstract :
Newark Switching Station is the first indoor switching station on the Public Service Electric and Gas Company system supplied at 138 kv and incorporating distribution facilities at two voltages, 13 and 26 kv, within a single building. The station design successfully accomplishes several aims, namely: Capability of enlargement to an ultimate of 330,000 kva within the property dimensions. The most economical arrangement compatible with the high degree of reliability essential to supply a concentrated metropolitan load. Ease of expansion. Economy through maximum practical transformer size. Minimized fire hazard by segregation of equipment, fireproof construction, and elimination of all major elements of combustible material except in the transformers, which are equipped with automatic water spray. Quiet operation by incorporation of noise reduction construction and methods. Appearance in keeping with the city´s modernization trend.
