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Identifier: streetrailwayjo241904newy (find matches)
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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alarge flame and have been used with good success. They aremade by Walter McLeod, of Cincinnati. The rubber hose con-necting the tank with the burners is protected with steel tape,spirally wound. The object of placing the bonds in such anexposed position is to have them where they can be easily ex-amined and any poor connections noted. Of course, the suc-cess of the soldering process depends on getting the rail hotenough to thoroughly melt the solder. Cross bonds of No. 00cross-section are placed 100 ft. apart. The standard overhead construction is shown in one of theaccompanying drawings. Two No. 00 trolley wires are placedon brackets 19 ft. above the rail. The high-tension transmis-sion lines on top of the pole are of No. 5 copper, placed 40 ins.apart. The transmission voltage is 16,000. The insulators areLocke brown porcelain No. 307. The direct-current feeders-are on saddle type glass insulators, placed on a cross-arm.\bout t8 miles of the 21.6 miles of interurban line has, in arl
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Pole to have 8 rake at topTriangle to be 40 on each side fastened with one bolt throughpole and one lag;*. Bolt % - lagg1% x llLocust pins. 907 porcelain ins.24Single Brace alternately\% x 0 Locust pins, glass insulatorsCross Arm fastened with two laggs % x R

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