. The Street railway journal . wire. This pole line is composedof plain iron poles, with a cross section, in the form of amodified I-beam. A characteristic feature of thih high-tension line con-struction is the method of suspending the wires. It isknown as the Gould system, and employs a safety devicewhich is used on a few transmission lines in Germany, buthas not found application in America. The dififcrent spansof wire are in separate lengths, clamped to special rings, fixed on top of the insulators. If a wire should break, thustaking the strain of¥ the clamps, both pieces of the brokenwire
. The Street railway journal . wire. This pole line is composedof plain iron poles, with a cross section, in the form of amodified I-beam. A characteristic feature of thih high-tension line con-struction is the method of suspending the wires. It isknown as the Gould system, and employs a safety devicewhich is used on a few transmission lines in Germany, buthas not found application in America. The dififcrent spansof wire are in separate lengths, clamped to special rings, fixed on top of the insulators. If a wire should break, thustaking the strain of¥ the clamps, both pieces of the brokenwire are released and drop to the ground. The Gould sys-tem makes it practically impossible for a live wire to reach. VIEW, SHOWING LINE CONSTRUCTION
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