ing Pittsburgh Bridge Company and sub- metal arrester discovered by Wurts mitted to the Cataract Construction in 1892. The problem was to provide Company with reference to the then an easy path from conductor to earth proposed transmission from Niagara to for static electricity due to lightning and… … steel towers for the usual wooden poles, but also because of the long spans used. Further reference A LIGHTNING ARRESTER FOR 25,000-VOLT to this remarkable example of modern line con- construction will be made in a future article. ALTERNATING CURRENT CIRCUITS
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