Journal of electricity, power, and gas . tie-line between powerhouses Nos. 1 and 2. This line, which is about 2300ft. in length, also carries a ground wire which is alsoused as an equalizer. This line will be later replacedwith a steel tower line and the present one used fortwo 2200 volt circuits and the necessary telephonewires. The manner of re-inforcing the bases of the poleson this line merits explanation. The entire stretch ofground between the two power houses is solid rockwith but a thin layer of earth over. In placing thesepoles a 2]/A in. hole 2 ft. deep was drilled out of therock and
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . tie-line between powerhouses Nos. 1 and 2. This line, which is about 2300ft. in length, also carries a ground wire which is alsoused as an equalizer. This line will be later replacedwith a steel tower line and the present one used fortwo 2200 volt circuits and the necessary telephonewires. The manner of re-inforcing the bases of the poleson this line merits explanation. The entire stretch ofground between the two power houses is solid rockwith but a thin layer of earth over. In placing thesepoles a 2]/A in. hole 2 ft. deep was drilled out of therock and a 2 in. hole bored in the butt of the pole. A4 ft. length of 2 in. round iron was cement groutedinto the rock and the pole set over this. Eight holeswere also drilled into the rock around the pole to thesame depth. In these re-inforcing iron rods 5/s indiameter were placed and allowed to stand 2 ft 6 inabove the level of the rock. Molds were then built andconcrete poured, which formed a solid block 3 ft 6 insquare and 5 ft. in The manner of reinforcing the bases. mission lines (170 miles of direct transmission), underMr. R. F. Hayward, now general manager WesternCanada Power Company, and later erected all theground wire masts and cable on the same line as an jindependent contractor. This work was accomplishedwithin a closeness of 30 in. to 60,000 volt line to Vancouver at the inauguration of the de-velopment of the Western Canada Power Companysproject at Stave Lake, Mr. Cornick built the entiresteel tower high tension system for this company byindependent contract work between the generatingpoint at Stave Lake and Vancouver, a distance of 32miles. The contract he has just lately completed formsthe first section in the work of rebuilding the Van-couver Power Companys high tension lines betweenLake Buntzen and Vancouver. The next section to be undertaken will be the con-struction of a similar line from power house No. 1 toPort Moody, a line of about the sa
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