Category:Diatto system
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English: Ground-level power supply system invented by Alfredo Diatto in Turin and used on tramways in Paris. A magnetic field under the tramway car lifts a pin floating in mercury, so that during the passage of the vehcile the electric circuit is closed from the supply line via the mercury bath to the pin lifted to the contact cylinder in the manhole cover.
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Contact superficiel système Diatto.jpg 887 × 803; 136 KB
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Frotteur système Diatto.jpg 1,172 × 178; 39 KB
