Book contents
- Frontmatter
- NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL
- CHAPTER II PERMANENT WAY
- CHAPTER III THE RETURN CIRCUIT
- CHAPTER IV THE RETURN CIRCUIT
- CHAPTER V ELEVATED CONDUCTOR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER VI ERECTION OF THE TROLLEY WIRE
- CHAPTER VII ERECTION OF THE TROLLEY WIRE
- CHAPTER VIII MOTORS
- CHAPTER IX SPEED REGULATORS
- CHAPTER X CAR WIRING AND EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER XI MOTOR TRUCKS
- CHAPTER XII CAR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER XIII CAR WHEELS AND BRAKES
- CHAPTER XIV THE TROLLEY
- CHAPTER XV THE POWER HOUSE
- CHAPTER XVI GENERATORS
- CHAPTER XVII SWITCHBOARDS
- CHAPTER XVIII CENTRAL STATIONS
- CHAPTER XIX THE WEST END STREET RAILWAY COMPANY OF BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A
- CHAPTER XX CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XXI CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY COMPANY, BALTIMORE; CASS AVENUE AND FAIR GROUNDS ELECTRIC RAILWAY, ST. LOUIS; AND OTHER TYPICAL POWER PLANTS
- CHAPTER XXII LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, PORTLAND AND OREGON CITY
- CHAPTER XXIII ELECTRIC RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES
- CHAPTER XXIV ELECTRIC MAIN LINE RAILWAYS: THE NANTASKET BEACH RAILWAY AND THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY, CHICAGO
- CHAPTER XXV BRITISH ELECTRIC RAILWAYS Pages 371 to 425
- CHAPTER XXV BRITISH ELECTRIC RAILWAYS Pages 426 to 439
- CHAPTER XXVI COMBINED LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
- CHAPTER XXVII OPEN CONDUIT SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XXVIII SURFACE CONTACT SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XXIX STORAGE BATTERIES AS APPLIED TO TRACTION PURPOSES
- CHAPTER XXX SPECIFICATIONS
- CHAPTER XXXI ACCOUNTS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
- CHAPTER XXXII THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC LINES
- CHAPTER XXXIII ORGANISATION, DISCIPLINE AND RULES
- CHAPTER XXXIV EFFICIENCY, MAINTENANCE AND DEPRECIATION
- CHAPTER XXXV STATISTICS AND WORKING EXPENSES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
CHAPTER V - ELEVATED CONDUCTOR CONSTRUCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- NOTE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL
- CHAPTER II PERMANENT WAY
- CHAPTER III THE RETURN CIRCUIT
- CHAPTER IV THE RETURN CIRCUIT
- CHAPTER V ELEVATED CONDUCTOR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER VI ERECTION OF THE TROLLEY WIRE
- CHAPTER VII ERECTION OF THE TROLLEY WIRE
- CHAPTER VIII MOTORS
- CHAPTER IX SPEED REGULATORS
- CHAPTER X CAR WIRING AND EQUIPMENT
- CHAPTER XI MOTOR TRUCKS
- CHAPTER XII CAR CONSTRUCTION
- CHAPTER XIII CAR WHEELS AND BRAKES
- CHAPTER XIV THE TROLLEY
- CHAPTER XV THE POWER HOUSE
- CHAPTER XVI GENERATORS
- CHAPTER XVII SWITCHBOARDS
- CHAPTER XVIII CENTRAL STATIONS
- CHAPTER XIX THE WEST END STREET RAILWAY COMPANY OF BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A
- CHAPTER XX CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XXI CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY COMPANY, BALTIMORE; CASS AVENUE AND FAIR GROUNDS ELECTRIC RAILWAY, ST. LOUIS; AND OTHER TYPICAL POWER PLANTS
- CHAPTER XXII LONG DISTANCE POWER TRANSMISSIONS, PORTLAND AND OREGON CITY
- CHAPTER XXIII ELECTRIC RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES
- CHAPTER XXIV ELECTRIC MAIN LINE RAILWAYS: THE NANTASKET BEACH RAILWAY AND THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY, CHICAGO
- CHAPTER XXV BRITISH ELECTRIC RAILWAYS Pages 371 to 425
- CHAPTER XXV BRITISH ELECTRIC RAILWAYS Pages 426 to 439
- CHAPTER XXVI COMBINED LIGHT AND POWER PLANT
- CHAPTER XXVII OPEN CONDUIT SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XXVIII SURFACE CONTACT SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER XXIX STORAGE BATTERIES AS APPLIED TO TRACTION PURPOSES
- CHAPTER XXX SPECIFICATIONS
- CHAPTER XXXI ACCOUNTS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
- CHAPTER XXXII THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC LINES
- CHAPTER XXXIII ORGANISATION, DISCIPLINE AND RULES
- CHAPTER XXXIV EFFICIENCY, MAINTENANCE AND DEPRECIATION
- CHAPTER XXXV STATISTICS AND WORKING EXPENSES
- APPENDIX
- INDEX
- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
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- Electric Railways and Tramways, their Construction and OperationA Practical Handbook, pp. 65 - 85Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1897