It just kept happening! Paging through some archival photos of Kingston's historic buildings, not once, not twice, but three times in a short while I came across these photos. Transformers on twin wooden poles!
This was evidently a common way to supply power at street level. As I recall, if coloured photos the transformers would be painted a dark green colour.
I knew there was just such a transformer set-up at Macpherson's on Rideau Street. But I moved my HO scale scratchbuilt model to Presland Steel. So I need to build at least two, maybe more!
One of those scenic elements we forget about, in this era of underground cabling and diesel generators for Tim Hortons!
Regulator Bank - They regulate the voltage on the line to prevent undervoltage and overvoltage conditions.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for that additional information, Charles.
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