. The street railway review . 0\R SUED IAN. CHESTERFIELD. Fir,. 4. ARM WORK AT WITTINGTON. tance of 150 yd. the line is practically level. The sharpest curvehas a radius of 48 ft. 6 in., and is that which is shown in Fig. 3. The overhead equipment has been carried out with side poles andbrackets, and with span wires, a few rosettes being used in one ortwo places. The poles are 31 ft. long, of which 25 ft. is above theground level, and are placed at intervals of 40 yards. All the polesare bonded to the rails, and the guard wires are earthed at everypole. They are made up of three sect
. The street railway review . 0\R SUED IAN. CHESTERFIELD. Fir,. 4. ARM WORK AT WITTINGTON. tance of 150 yd. the line is practically level. The sharpest curvehas a radius of 48 ft. 6 in., and is that which is shown in Fig. 3. The overhead equipment has been carried out with side poles andbrackets, and with span wires, a few rosettes being used in one ortwo places. The poles are 31 ft. long, of which 25 ft. is above theground level, and are placed at intervals of 40 yards. All the polesare bonded to the rails, and the guard wires are earthed at everypole. They are made up of three sections, and were supplied byMessrs. John Spencer, of Wednesbury. The bracket armsvary in length from 6 to 20 ft. Fig. 4 shows the side pole con-struction at Wittington, while Fig. 5 shows the span wire equip-ment on the Chatsworth Road at Brampton. are equipped with the usual fuses and switch gear, and with Wurtzlighting arresters. At intervals telephone boxes, with magneto in-struments communicating with the power house,
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