Identifier: electricrailwayr162amer (find matches)
Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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and direct-current feeders, and the other for third mile, gioiiiuled to iron piije and also connected withtrack cross-bonds. The poles of the high-tension transmission line are set 125-feet apart on the opposite side of the track from those carry-ing the trolley brackets and direct-current feeders. Thirty-five-foot poles are used with few exceptions throughout the25 miles of line. Each pole carries a single cross-arm sup-Ijorting in a horizontal line with 74 and 36-inch spacing, thethree No, 4 medium hard-drawn copper wires of the 33-000-volt transmission circuit. By the use of a second cross-armthe wires are transposed at Intervals of 10,000 feet, Locke-No, 408-B insulators support the wires. The insulators aremounted on malleable iron truss pins bolted through thecross-arms. The high-tension cross-arms are 10 feet long,3%x5% inches in section, bolted to the poles and supportedby a single-piece angle iron braces. Generating Station.The power station in which current for operating the
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Winona Interurban Railway—Interior of Power Station at Winona Lake Showing iVlaln Units and Exciters. the high-tension transmission line connecting the two sub-stations with the power house. The trolley wire, which is No, 000 grooved section, issupported by Richmond flexible brackets bolted to 30-footchestnut poles spaced 100 feet apart. The butts of the poleswere treated with carbolineum. In addition to the trolleybracket each of these poles supports a cross-arm which car-ries a metallic circuit telephone line comprising two No, 9Extra BB iron wires on glass insulators, and a 750,000-cir-cular mil stranded-aluminum direct-current feeder tied to theton of butterfly glass insulators. This feeder extends forthe entire length of the line. Jack boxes are provided onthe poles halt a mile apart for connecting the telephone in-struments carried in the cars with the telephone line. Theoverhead material is of the Ohio Brass Companys manufac-ture, Garton lightning arresters are installed ever

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