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| The Aging Transmission System | Ice & Wind | Esthetic Lines |
| New York State | Conductor Motion | Bundled Conductor |
| Seaside Lines | River Crossings | |
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| These pictures show evidence of corrosion of both newer (1960's) steel pole and older (1940's) steel lattice structures. | Examples of corrosion in smaller-size overhead conductors | |||||
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| Increased sag under ice load - water crossing in Iceland. [CIGRE WGB2-16] |
Severe Ice buildup on small conductor in Iceland [CIGRE WGB2-16} |
Wind damage to steel lattice self-supporting structures - India | Wind damage to steel lattice self-supporting structures - California | Ice build-up |
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| Wood pole line without shield wire but with lightening arrestors on each phase conductor. Upstate NY |
Guyed aluminum lattice structure with "VVV" insulators and aluminum lattice post angle structure in background | Compact inverted "U" steel pole structures with vertical phase configuration Finland |
Zig-Zag wood pole structure Washington State |
115kV suspension structure with little longitudinal strength built many years ago in NYS |
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| 115kV wood pole H-Frame - compact "necklace" and conventional designs in upstate NY | 345kV wood pole H-Frame suspension structure with curved laminated crossarm built in NYS in the early 80's | |||
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| "Running Angle" wood pole structure in Niskayuna. | 765kV suspension structure presently energized at 345kV. Note 4 conductor bundle. | Contrasting steel lattice structure designs adjacent to a road crossing. 115kV | Steel lattice self-supporting angle structures. One double circuit with only one circuit on the other horizontal. Both set in a flood plane (note high foundation piers) near the Mohawk River. |
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| An old (1950's) 230kv double circuit structure transmission line with only one circuit conductored and close-up of "arcing horns" on strain insulators. | |||
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| Modified Stockbridge vibration damper (Fargo/Salvi design) [EPRI Wind Motion Book] |
Wind tunnel photo of aeolian vibration inducing vortices in a wind tunnel with smoke used to make vortices visible | ||
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| Spacer cable showing insulating spacer Niskayuna, NY |
4-conductor bundle with unique spacer. NYS Thruway |
2-conductor bundle "wire" spacer | ||
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| 138kV Post insulators on wood pole - Bodie Island on Outer Banks of NC | Along the Florida Keys | |||
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| "Twin" river crossing structures at the Tacoma Narrows in Washington State | ||||
