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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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are painted chocolate and cream, a combination ofcolor which is at the same time durable and pleasing to the eye ;the paint work is relieved with gilt decoration and scroll work,and on the center panel of each car is represented the arms ofthe Corporation. OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT The overhead equipment has been designed and arrangedwith a view to obtaining the greatest possible immunity frombreakdown, also that the fittings should appear as artistic aspossible. The design of the center, span and side-bracket poleornamentation, which is original, and which is shown by theillustrations herewith, was prepared by Mr. Mawbey in con-junction with the Leicester Art School. Span-wire construc-tion has been adopted generally, but where streets and roadsare wide enough center poles have been introduced. In thecenter of the town, where suitable attachments could be ob-tained, poles have given way to rosettes, except at junctions,these being erected on poles throughout. Each center pole has
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MAIN CAR DEPOT—ABBEY PARK ROAD been fitted with two incandescent gas lamps, and the base isprotected by a neat elliptical guard curb. Side bracket armshave been used on one short length to the number of nine, each17 ft. 6 ins. long, also on the siding to the power station. The weight of the straight-line poles is 840 lbs., and that ofthe curved and anchor 1180 lbs. The total length is 31 ft., madeup of three sections shrunk together. The poles are planted June 4, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 839 6 ft. in the ground, the foot resting on a concrete template6 ins. thick, which in turn is bedded on 6 ins. of cement con-crete. The pole bases are 6 ft. 6 ins. high, the greatest diametersbeing 16 ins. and 18 ins. respectively for the two sizes. The trolley wire is No. 000 B. & S. gage throughout, exceptat the car houses, which are wired with No. o; and the spanand guard wire are of galvanized steel, 7-12 and 7-16 respec-tively. Flexible suspension and double insulation have beenadopt

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