. Electric railway journal . FIRING AISLE OP THE NEWPORT STATION BOILER ROOM of-way. The trench averages 4 ft. deep, and the cables arelaid at a distance between centers of 31 in. and are coveredl)y red gum boards 9 in. wide and 1^ in. thick, laid about4 in. above the cable. Joints in the cable are made in cast-iron boxes fitted with covers to provide for filling themwith compound so that air pockets will be eliminated. All of these supply lines to the various substations exceptthat to the Albion substation are laid underground theirentire length. Only the first mile of the line to the Albions
. Electric railway journal . FIRING AISLE OP THE NEWPORT STATION BOILER ROOM of-way. The trench averages 4 ft. deep, and the cables arelaid at a distance between centers of 31 in. and are coveredl)y red gum boards 9 in. wide and 1^ in. thick, laid about4 in. above the cable. Joints in the cable are made in cast-iron boxes fitted with covers to provide for filling themwith compound so that air pockets will be eliminated. All of these supply lines to the various substations exceptthat to the Albion substation are laid underground theirentire length. Only the first mile of the line to the Albionsubstation is underground, and from this point, the twocables supplying this substation are connected to two over-. 5ue of Coble A B C D E 150,0 00 r ir mil. 610 7 \Z 100,000 6-10 A-Z 7 12 50,000 58 3-2 6? Hi 14 Porcebin Separators j^l^/^ cov-ermgNote: A Pair o-ffkrible Conductor Con-nector^^ the 5i7me i7S those con-riecftng tv ancJx, B>ut at 90 tramtfremj connect y and z METHOD OF SPLICING 20,000-VOLT SPLIT CONDUCTOR CABLE of these lines are of the split-conductor type of paper-insulated, lead-covered and wire-armored cable, having aprotective serving of heavily compounded Hessian tapesbetween the lead and the armoring and again outside thearmoring. They were furnished by the British Insulated& Helsby Cables, Ltd., of Prescot, England. These cables are laid mainly in trenches in the streetsowing to the very limited space available along the right-
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