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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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f Vice-President E. H. McHenry, of theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and the lineis nearly ready for service. The route begins in Hartfordand follows the tracks of the Hartford Street Railway Com-pany for 2.5 miles to East Burnside. At this point the carswill be deflected to the steam railroad right of way connect-ing Hartford, Manchester and Willimantic, and forming apart of the New Haven Companys Poughkeepsie Bridge toBoston line. From East Burnside the cars will be operatedon steam railroad rules through Buckland, Manchester andTalcottville to Vernon Jc, a distance of about 10 miles.At Vernon Jc. the line swings to the north and passes toRockville and Melrose over a single-track branch 13 mileslong. Electrification is under way on the 10 miles ofdouble-track line between East Burnside and Vernon Jc,and on the single-track branch to Melrose. The city ofManchester, population 10,000, is served by the double-trackroute, and is located 6 miles east of East Burnside. Rock-
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TYPICAL CATENARY CONSTRUCTION IN TOWNS ville, population 8000, is located on the branch 4.5 milesnorth of Vernon Jc. Power is at present supplied to the line from the Com-merce Street plant of the Hartford Electric Light Com-pany through an 11,000-volt three-phase transmission linecomposed of two No. 4 circuits which deliver current to->ul)-stations at Buckland and Rockville. At present this is a60-cycle supply, but the company contemplates changing itssource of power to its own 25-cycle plant in Hartford in thenear future. Step-down transformers and rotary convertersare located in each sub-station, and the distribution of powerto the rolling stock is carried out at 600 volts direct-currentby standard General Electric Company catenary construc-tion, as shown in the accompanying illustration. About 33miles of catenary are erected in toto. Work was startedin the spring of 1906. The catenary construction is erected with 150-ft. spansand three-point suspension, the poles being spaced 1

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