. The Street railway journal . Detail of TowerSHORE ANCHORAGE PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF POWERLINE CROSSING YOUGHIOGHENY RIVERAT SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE power house is composed of eight j4-in. silicon bronze cables,strung with a center dip one-thirtieth of the span. The twocenter cables are held in reserve and may be cut in upon eitherline in a short time in case of necessity. All cables leave thetransformer house at the same level, and are spaced 5 ft. apart,but assume their triangular arrangement at the opposite an-chorage. Outside of the transmission cables are strung two800,000-circ. mil
. The Street railway journal . Detail of TowerSHORE ANCHORAGE PROPOSED GENERAL ARRANGEMENT OF POWERLINE CROSSING YOUGHIOGHENY RIVERAT SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE power house is composed of eight j4-in. silicon bronze cables,strung with a center dip one-thirtieth of the span. The twocenter cables are held in reserve and may be cut in upon eitherline in a short time in case of necessity. All cables leave thetransformer house at the same level, and are spaced 5 ft. apart,but assume their triangular arrangement at the opposite an-chorage. Outside of the transmission cables are strung two800,000-circ. mil stranded aluminum cables, one serving as alocal railway feeder, and the other as a metallic return. Light-ing circuits will be strung below the transmission lines, and willrequire no special anchorage at the power house end. In orderto provide greater security to passing trains a steel tower willbe erected upon the river bank, which will considerably shortenthe clear river span. The shore anchorage is constructed of 40-ft. pol
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