. The Street railway journal . STANDARD CAR, MADRID POWER VIEWS OF TRAMWAY AND TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION IN BARCELONA 8o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. Vol. XV., No. 2. SUPPLY SYSTEM The overhead construction in both cities is generally ofthe center pole type, though span wire construction is alsoemployed to a considerable extent. Thepoles are steel tube, with a length of 26 ft. 6ins., and taper from 7 ins., at a point 6 the ground, to 3^ ins. at the top, thebutt end of the pole being parallel. Thepoles are bedded in concrete to a depth of (:tt., and some of them, especially thos
. The Street railway journal . STANDARD CAR, MADRID POWER VIEWS OF TRAMWAY AND TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION IN BARCELONA 8o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. Vol. XV., No. 2. SUPPLY SYSTEM The overhead construction in both cities is generally ofthe center pole type, though span wire construction is alsoemployed to a considerable extent. Thepoles are steel tube, with a length of 26 ft. 6ins., and taper from 7 ins., at a point 6 the ground, to 3^ ins. at the top, thebutt end of the pole being parallel. Thepoles are bedded in concrete to a depth of (:tt., and some of them, especially those in theprincipal street, are most ornate. The wholeof the cast iron work for this was done inSpain, and the manner in which it was_ exe-cuted shows that the Spanish art of manipu-lating iron has not been lost. The bracketsof the center pole construction, as will benoticed, are extremely short, and in mostinstances are not more than 15 ins. in length,and give a remarkably pleasing and un-obtrusive appearance to the over-headwork. This result is made possible bythe use o
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