TRANSFORMERS FOR THE SHlPYAßDS.—Extensive preparations had to be made to convey three transformers like the one pictured hero to Port Chalmers, where they are needed to provide extra stepdown capacity at the main sub-station because of the work occasioned by the shipbuilding activities of the port. Each is of 600 kva (kilovolt-amp) capacity, and weighs six tons. The wagon, which was towed by two lorries, had to be specially assembled and sprung. It was later used to transport similar transformers to Waipori, where they will be used in the extension of the power station.
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Evening Star, Issue 24016, 15 October 1941, Page 4
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94TRANSFORMERS FOR THE SHlPYARDS.—Extensive preparations had to be made to convey three transformers like the one pictured hero to Port Chalmers, where they are needed to provide extra stepdown capacity at the main sub-station because of the work occasioned by the shipbuilding activities of the port. Each is of 600 kva (kilovolt-amp) capacity, and weighs six tons. The wagon, which was towed by two lorries, had to be specially assembled and sprung. It was later used to transport similar transformers to Waipori, where they will be used in the extension of the power station. Evening Star, Issue 24016, 15 October 1941, Page 4
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