Electrical news and engineering . on the pro-perty of Miss Wilks, the well-known breeder of high-classstock. .\ view of one of Miss Wilks barns and also of thepole line carrying the wires is shown. Current is takenfrom a 3200 volt line fed from the Preston sub-station, ata point in the neighborhood of Blair, a]>out one mile fromMiss Wilks buildings. .\ .5 kilowatt 25 cycle step downtransformer similar to the ordinary street transformer re-duces the current here to 110 volts, at which it is carriedalong the same pole line with private telephone wires to thebarns shown. The wires are led in t
Electrical news and engineering . on the pro-perty of Miss Wilks, the well-known breeder of high-classstock. .\ view of one of Miss Wilks barns and also of thepole line carrying the wires is shown. Current is takenfrom a 3200 volt line fed from the Preston sub-station, ata point in the neighborhood of Blair, a]>out one mile fromMiss Wilks buildings. .\ .5 kilowatt 25 cycle step downtransformer similar to the ordinary street transformer re-duces the current here to 110 volts, at which it is carriedalong the same pole line with private telephone wires to thebarns shown. The wires are led in to the barn throughiron conduit. The interior wiring consists of seven different circuit-,ceding in all forty watt tungsten lamps. These are;hiefly in the basement, but sufficient lights are run up-tairs in conduit, over the main floor to supply light forevening work if necessary. The cutouts, main switches,etc., are installed in an iron cabinet and kept under lock andkey. The animal seen in the interior view shown represents.
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