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Identifier: electricrailway411913newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co

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are used, and these are of figure-eight profile of80 sq. mm (approximately No. 000 B. & S.) cross-section. 1002 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XLI, No. 23. This double trolley was preferred to a single wire of largerarea for several reasons; namely, the erection was easier,if one wire broke the other would still be available, and thewear of trolley wires and collector bows was decreased be-cause a bow tension of 6.6 lb. to 8.8 lb. could be used insteadof 13.2 lb. to 17.6 lb. The actual cost of assemblage and erection for thetwo wires was no greater than for one. The multiple regulation of the line are installed. All insulators are in-terchangeable. The cars are also operated at 1300 volts in passingthrough towns. The line construction in this case consistsof the double-span catenary illustrated, the span wires beingattached to rosettes in buildings on opposite sides of thestreet and insulated from the walls by means of two spoolinsulators. The average clearance of the trolley wire
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Verona-Caldiero 1300-Volt D. C. Railway—Motor Car and Trailer catenary suspension is carried from latticed poles spaced236 ft. through the medium of two brackets, the upper oneof which consists of two channels about 3.2 in. high, placedback to back, and the lower of piping. This suspensionconsists of a seven-strand catenary of 50 sq. mm (approxi-mately No. 0 B. & S.) cross-section, an auxiliary steel throughout is 19 ft. 8 in. above the top of the rails. Threesets of horn-type lightning arresters are used for protectionof the circuits. The line is operated with purchased hydro-electric power, which is transformed to 1350 volts d.c. bymeans of two 300-kw motor-generator sets installed inVerona. There are no substations of any kind on the line.

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