First supercharged generator installed at wisconsin power and light company

The installation of the first supercharged generator at the Edgewater plant of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company in Sheboygan, Wis., has been announced by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. This new design 60,000-kw 12,500-volt 3,600-rpm steam turbine driven generator was installed in midsummer and is now in operation. It embodies a new principle which saves 30 to 40 per cent of the material of a normal 60,000-kw machine.