OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION
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OVERVIEW
SURVEYING
OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION TRAINING
POLES - Wood, Steel and GRP
IRON POLES AND OVERHOUSE POLES - Standards
A and H POLES - Trunk route poles and trunk route pictures
POLE FITTINGS - Roofs, Finial, Saddles, Steps, Reflectors
POLE MOVING - Storage and transport to site
POLE NOTICES
POLE ERECTION - Manual erection - Instructions
POLE ERECTION - Manual erection - Picture set
POLE ERECTION - Using a Pole Erection Vehicle
POLE ERECTION - Using Swedish Sheer Legs
POLE TESTING
NUMBERING OF POLES
STRUTS AND STAYS
CLIMBING POLES - Ladders, Safety Belts and Leg Irons
ARMS, SPINDLES AND POLE WIRING
RING TYPE DP'S
WIRING - TYPES
WIRING - REGULATION
WIRING - JOINTING OPEN WIRES
WIRING - TERMINATING
WIRING - ERECTION
OPEN WIRE POLE ROUTES - Pictures from 1905
TRANSPOSITION
INSULATORS - Including Reel Insulators
POLE TEST BOX - Where underground connects to open routes
TERMINAL BLOCKS
DROPWIRE - Two wire cable normally feeding premises
AERIAL CABLE - Catenary Wire type
AERIAL CABLE - Self supporting type and couplings
DROPWIRE ERECTION - by One Man
OPEN WIRE ON BUILDINGS - Building fixings
LEADING-IN AT CUSTOMERS PREMISES
PROTECTIVE DEVICES
TERMINATION AT CUSTOMERS PREMISES - Protectors

 

 


This section is laid out in the manner in which the overhead plant is used in the 20th Century.

The section starts where the underground cable terminates and is firstly connected to the overhead wiring.  This would be a distribution point or in the early days the exchange gantry.  This section stops when the external cable meets premises internal cabling.  In the past a Protector would have been installed in the premises, but today it is the Network Connection Point (NTP), which supports little or no protection.

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Last revised: January 01, 2024

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