THE ELECTRIC POWER-STATIONS OF LONDON

BY

Some Figures.

VIEWED collectively, the arrangements for supplying our greatest city with electricity are almost overwhelming in their magnitude. Contained within some forty power-stations are nearly 1,000 boilers and over 500 engines and dynamos, to say nothing of the various pumps, coal-handling appliances, and other accessories. The total horse-power of the engines is, in round num bers, two-thirds of a million, so that each inhabitant is represented by about one-tenth of a horse-power, which is the equivalent of his own best muscular effort. To distribute the electric current, each station has a net work of from 100 to 200 miles of cable ; with a few the length is even greater.