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Jan 1933
Design Characteristics of the Reading Overbuild Transmission Line
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Volume 98, Issue 2
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The usual type of transmission-line structure that supports high-tension lines across open country is of so frequent occurrence, that little comment is aroused when such a line is constructed, unless it is of unusual length or carrying capacity. Sometimes, however, the approach of a power line to the boundaries of a city requires the use of unusual types of supporting structures in the effort to minimize right-of-way costs and provide additional safety in regions where the damage attendant upon a failure of the line would be disastrous.
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© 1933 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Frederick W. Deck, AM.ASCE
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