. Electric railway journal . event overturning. As these latticed poles are necessarily supported out-side of the bridge girders their weight is carried on twosubstantial steel brackets each, riveted securely to theoutside girders of the viaduct. A photograph has beenreproduced to show this construction. Within Hell Gate bridge the contact wires are sup-ported by cross-wires attached to the steel membersof the bridge. This makes a light, inconspicuous sys-tem not detracting from the appearance of the either end of the Little Hell Gate bridge, towers areused to support a cross-beam fo
. Electric railway journal . event overturning. As these latticed poles are necessarily supported out-side of the bridge girders their weight is carried on twosubstantial steel brackets each, riveted securely to theoutside girders of the viaduct. A photograph has beenreproduced to show this construction. Within Hell Gate bridge the contact wires are sup-ported by cross-wires attached to the steel membersof the bridge. This makes a light, inconspicuous sys-tem not detracting from the appearance of the either end of the Little Hell Gate bridge, towers areused to support a cross-beam for carrying the contactwires. One of these is also used as a safety anchor forthese wires. On Bronx Kill bridge the contact wireinsulators are attached directly to overhead steel mem-bers with safety anchors at each end. Catenary Construction Follows New HavenStandards The main messenger is of T%-in. strand similar tochat used on the Chestnut Hill electrification. From thisthe No. 00 copper grooved secondary messenger is sus-. SAMPLE OF SPECIAL BRACKET CONSTRUCTION 1046 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 22
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