. The Street railway journal . FIG. 44.—HIGH-TENSION CABLES IN TROUGHING BEFORE JOINTING, HIGH STREET TUNNEL FIG. 45.—CABLE JOINTS, EARLS COURT STATION ■ ating station for gradually applying pressure to the three-core carefully filled with solder well below the level of the insulatingfeeder cables. compound so as to prevent the entrance of moisture along the 406 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. individual strands, and then reinsulated above the box as aprotection against accidental contact. Fig. 48 shows the gen-eral distribution of the high-tension feeder cables. SUB-STATIONS The Ch


. The Street railway journal . FIG. 44.—HIGH-TENSION CABLES IN TROUGHING BEFORE JOINTING, HIGH STREET TUNNEL FIG. 45.—CABLE JOINTS, EARLS COURT STATION ■ ating station for gradually applying pressure to the three-core carefully filled with solder well below the level of the insulatingfeeder cables. compound so as to prevent the entrance of moisture along the 406 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. individual strands, and then reinsulated above the box as aprotection against accidental contact. Fig. 48 shows the gen-eral distribution of the high-tension feeder cables. SUB-STATIONS The Chelsea generating station will supply power to a totalof twenty-four sub-stations. The location of these sub-stations, i Street FIG. 38.—DESIGN FOR MANHOLE GENERAL DETAILS OF THREE-CORE, PAPER-INSULATED LEAD-COVERED CABLESGeneral exhibit No. 37/15 No. 37/14 No. 37/13 Sectional area of each conductor, square inch -15 .19 ■25 Insulation between conductors and between conductors and 7/16 7/i6 7/i6 V16 3/i6 3/i6 Approximate diameter of JO Approximate diameter of 4-25 4-5


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