The Street railway journal (1907) (14756597431)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo301907newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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revents water from running downinto the concrete. The same pole setting is used in the cityof Milwaukee. Preservatives for the poles have not yetbeen adopted. tangents the pipe brackets are 6 ft. 6 ins. long, but forcurves they are of varying length to suit conditions. Insome instances the pipes were cut the proper length forcurves in the field. On tangents a steady brace is placedevery sixth pole. This consists of a long insulator of sec-ond-growth hickory boiled in an insulating compound. A August 3, 1907.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 161 device secures it to the bracket. Immediately over the trol-ley the brace is about 4 ins. above the wire, and, as it hasan upward slope towards the pole, non-interference withthe trolley is assured. On curves a steady brace is used when forced together with a longitudinal motion, interlockon the wire. They are secured in the locked position bypassing a cotter key through them. For getting out thesmall details of the overhead equipment in quantities and
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MILWAUKEE METHOD FOR STRINGING TROLLEY WIRE at each span. In addition, both the messenger supporting at a reasonable cost, several special jigs, dies and machines the trolley and the trolley are held in position by bridles were devised and built in the companys shops,back-guyed to a messenger. On curves with the poles on the outside this messenger is strung between poles. Where POWER-DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM the poles are on the inside, the pipe brackets extend out Power for the new extensions is furnished by an alternat-