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Identifier:streetrailwayj271906newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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INTERIOR OF CONVERTED BELFAST HORSE CAR, SHOWINGLIGHTING SYSTEM yds., or 57 miles, of route, and the total amount of cableamounted to 93 miles. The weight of copper used was morethan 250 tons. The tramway feeders are all single conductor vulcanizedbitumen cables, and are made up of a strand of soft copperwire, with a conductivity of not less than 100 per cent ofMathiessens standard. The cables were subjected at the worksto a pressure test of 2500 volts alternating. The pilot cablesfor the tramway feeders are three-core, 7/20, paper, vulcanized
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INTERIOR OF STANDARD BELFAST CAR bitumen insulated. The rail return cables and the Board ofTrade pilot wire from the four Board of Trade pillars werealso made in accordance with the above specification. In addition to these cables, a three-phase high-tension mainwas laid in duplicate from the generating station to FortWilliam Depot. These cables were three-core, paper, lead-sheathed and single-wire armored, suitable for a working pres-sure of 6000 volts, with the center point of the star windingunearthed. These high-tension cables were subjected at theworks to a test of 12,000 volts alternating. All the cables were laid on the solid system on speciallydesigned porcelain bridges in earthenware troughing. At four points on the route, where the return feeder cableswere connected to the track, four pillars, designed and manu-factured by Messrs. Callender, were erected and coupled upcomplete in accordance with the requirements of the Board ofTrade. Each pillar contains: One bus-bar having

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  • bookid:streetrailwayj271906newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:208
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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