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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 1 (May 1, 1932.)

Electrical

Electrical.

The provision of electric lighting has become almost a necessity in these days, and the Department has recognised this by the fact that it has completed only last year a programme for the provision of electric lighting at the majority of stations. There have been installed a total of 39,185 lighting points and 2,401 heating points. Then there is the provision of power for the driving of machinery and tools, and the Signal and Electrical Branch has been responsible for the design and installation of electrical plant for the Railway Workshops, numbering among them four of the largest industrial works in the country.

Electrical drive for smaller workshops and running sheds has also been installed, with many minor installations throughout page 14 the system for pumping, cooking and other purposes.

The extent to which electrical power is used by the Department is indicated by the size of the total installed load, which is equivalent to approximately 18,000 B.H.P. at the present time. When it is considered that practically all this development has taken place during the past ten years, it will be realised that the Department has taken full advantage of the facilities afforded by the development of electrical power in New Zealand.

In these days it is hardly necessary to point out the cleanliness of operation by means of electric power, the convenience with which that power may be switched on and off as required, and the quietness of operation compared with the older forms of mechanical drive, and the many other advantages which do not need to be stated as they are obvious to everyone living in New Zealand where electrical power is so generally used.