Electrical news and engineering . he line making sections of 23, 29and 25 miles in length. At these disconnecting switchtowers, lines may also be interchanged so that if bothtransmission lines are broken in different sections of theline, power still can be delivered through other 18-in. aluminum sleeves are used for splicing thewires. Each circuit is transposed 6 times between the powerhouse and Winnipeg so that the wires enter the terminalstation in same place relation that they leave Point du four-shell insulators are used for the 66000 volt cir-cuit. The shells
Electrical news and engineering . he line making sections of 23, 29and 25 miles in length. At these disconnecting switchtowers, lines may also be interchanged so that if bothtransmission lines are broken in different sections of theline, power still can be delivered through other 18-in. aluminum sleeves are used for splicing thewires. Each circuit is transposed 6 times between the powerhouse and Winnipeg so that the wires enter the terminalstation in same place relation that they leave Point du four-shell insulators are used for the 66000 volt cir-cuit. The shells are 16 in. in diameter with an overallheight of 1314 inches. Xo. 3 B & S soft drawn wire is-used to fasten the cables to the insulators, 42 servingsbeing made so that cable is well protected from any arcat the insulator. The telephone line consists of a singlemetallic circuit of No. 13 gauge copper and is carried onglass insulators on a wooden pole and is transposed in acontinuous spiral, four turns per mile. Telephone booths. Fig. 6.—Control and Exciter Instrument Boaid. are i>rn\i(lcd at convenient points and at every mile aniron clad jack is mounted on the pole, .\mple pro-vision is made for the care of patrolmen and 13-fl. patrolroad is provided alongside the telephone line. AboutIwciily miles of this r(]ad had to be laid of corduroy. Terminal Station.—The terminal station is located onRiver street on the west shore of the Red River and oc-cupies half of a city block. As at jiresent erected, thereis capacity for 34300 kw. of which IC)300 kw. is building is ,-i neat looking red brick structure withwhile stone trim ;iriil reinforced concrete foundation. A TIIR NEWS 57 spur track leads into the crMiio room onto which openthe transformer compartments. A Niles electric crane isused for handling shipments and transfori\iers. Each phaseof the transmission line enters the huildins through a sep-arate hood, the lightning arrester e
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