. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. ELECTRICAL INJURIES TO TREES. 17 rights run a risk of lowering the value of the property. Most of the very high-tension transmission services, however, are at present on private property and seldom interfere with trees. High-tension lines are affected seriously merely by close proximity to trees; therefore these rights of way have to include broad strips of land, which of course is expensive. On general principles it is not wise to allow wires to be attached to trees, although this is often done. Trolley and electric ligh
. Bulletin - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Agriculture. ELECTRICAL INJURIES TO TREES. 17 rights run a risk of lowering the value of the property. Most of the very high-tension transmission services, however, are at present on private property and seldom interfere with trees. High-tension lines are affected seriously merely by close proximity to trees; therefore these rights of way have to include broad strips of land, which of course is expensive. On general principles it is not wise to allow wires to be attached to trees, although this is often done. Trolley and electric light wires are frequently guyed to trees, but they are a source of danger, since injury is likely to occur from the crossing of the wires, and lightning discharges occasionally pass from the wires to the tree, causing Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Amherst, : Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907-1974
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