Electrical news and engineering . ^.sssssmmsmimmsm Rocker Tower with Aiuhor Towei- in distance, Co. strain due to the line itself. The main cables are of steel. It was necessary to hang two sets of insulat-ors in parallel, connected with compensating links for eachpoint of support and for the dead ends of this crossing,as the strains were too heavy for a single set of the insulators and hardware were supplied bythe Ohio Brass Company, three of the 10-in. suspensiondiscs being used on straight line construction and 4 discson strains. The towers were all built by
Electrical news and engineering . ^.sssssmmsmimmsm Rocker Tower with Aiuhor Towei- in distance, Co. strain due to the line itself. The main cables are of steel. It was necessary to hang two sets of insulat-ors in parallel, connected with compensating links for eachpoint of support and for the dead ends of this crossing,as the strains were too heavy for a single set of the insulators and hardware were supplied bythe Ohio Brass Company, three of the 10-in. suspensiondiscs being used on straight line construction and 4 discson strains. The towers were all built by tlie Kiter ConleyCiinipimy nf Pittsburg. At Ardley the voltage is stepped down to i:j,000 voltsthrough :iO0O kw. single-phase transformers. This is car-riel on cedar pole lines to two sub-stations in Vancouverand two in New Westminster, where it is stepped downto :>:;00 volts for distribution purposes. The distribution. Rocker and River Towers and Telephone Line, W. O. P. Co. system is steel taped armored cable, laid directly in theground without conduits. A 35-ft. wooden pole line is carried the entire distanceon the opposite side of the road from the main transmis-sion line, and this pole line carries a circuit of 13,000 voltsfor local distribution to the small towns, farms, &c., alongthe route as well as carrying the telephone circuits. A volt line runs also from Stave Falls throughMission City, Matsqui and Abbottsford down to Sumas on theInternational boundary, a distance of 18 miles. This willbe replaced with a tower line at 60,000 volts as soon asbusiness demands it. The 13,000 volt line crosses theFraser River at Mission in a submarine cable. ft. inlength. Smart Work of Cable Repairers Some time ago a fault developed in the British Colum-bia Telephone Company cable between the mainland andVancouver Island, as a result of which the service was seri-ously impaired. The trouble w
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