4KV Distribution Construction
by Steve Corfidi
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", November 1983, page 14
The following pictures are all of
4KV distribution construction in Baltimore, Maryland, and are just a sampling of
what was perhaps (as crazy as this might sound) the best looking "old
Style" construction anywhere.
Seriously, I've been to many cities in this
country and can honestly say that the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company's 4KV
construction really had a style and class that was unsurpassed anywhere.
Most of
the "good stuff" is gone now, as 13KV conversion has been going on
since the early 1960's. At any rate, what I've enclosed should give you an idea
of how it was.
I no longer live in Baltimore (I recently moved to Kansas City,
Missouri, where I'm a meteorologist with the National Severe Storms Forecast
Center), but whenever I get back home I try to schedule at least a short trip
about town to see how much more of the 4 has been overtaken by 13KV.
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