Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . III) llio |i)p> of lllr lowiTs 350 Pacific Service Magazine. Anchor houses, North Tower. carries its proportion of the total strainin the cable. Steel frame buildings, covered withcorrugated iron, house the anchors toprotect them from the weather. Thecables enter these houses through a holein the center of large plate glass windowsor ports. As a contribution to SafetyFirst a somewhat novel schemehas been worked out to safe-guard the employee whose dutyit is to inspect the saddles andanchors at frequent it is unsafe to approachthese parts w
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . III) llio |i)p> of lllr lowiTs 350 Pacific Service Magazine. Anchor houses, North Tower. carries its proportion of the total strainin the cable. Steel frame buildings, covered withcorrugated iron, house the anchors toprotect them from the weather. Thecables enter these houses through a holein the center of large plate glass windowsor ports. As a contribution to SafetyFirst a somewhat novel schemehas been worked out to safe-guard the employee whose dutyit is to inspect the saddles andanchors at frequent it is unsafe to approachthese parts while they are hot,switches have been installed ateach end of each set of cables,and by opening these switchespower can be taken off one lineat a time without interruptingthe service. When groundingswitches have been closed onthe ends of the set of cablesfrom which the power has beentaken, then that set of cables issafe to approach for prevent the employee fromentering the wrong anchor-house or touching the hoi setof cables, doors have been placed on thetowers and in the anchor-hou
Size: 1460px × 1711px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorpacificgasandelectric, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
