Miller, Kempster Blanchard, 1870-1933 · New York : McGraw publishing company · leaf 840
e, or better, a small wire cable, ispreviously hung on pulleys or hooks below the cross arms of theentire stretch over which the cable is to be drawn. One end of thisit attached to the end of the cable, while the distant end is attachedto a capstan or other form of windlass. As the cable passes… … FIG. aM.-CABLE REEL JACKS. over the messenger wire clamp or cross arm as they pass. In thisway the entire length of cable is drawn up to and along the stretchwithout subjecting any portion of it to an undue strain. Thehangers are usually attached at distances of from twenty-four tothirty inches,…
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