General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

COPPER WIRE WITH PAPER INSULATION/ OIL FILLED

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Transmission & distribution

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Northern Electric

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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Canada

PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960'S. COLLECTION CONSISTS OF OVER 7500 ARTIFACTS, & IS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA. IT WAS DONATED IN ITS ENTIRETY TO CANADA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM IN 1992.

Function

SAMPLE USED TO ILLUSTRATE & EXPLAIN ELECTRICAL CABLE USED TO CARRY 115 KV ELECTRIC CURRENT BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

Technical

OIL-FILLED CABLE IS IMPREGNATED WITH INSULATING OIL & USUALLY INCLUDES LONGITUDINAL DUCTS WITH CHANNELS OR RESERVOIRS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE OIL PRESSURE WITHIN CABLE AT ALL TIMES (REF. 1).

Area Notes

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Details

Markings

SIGN ON PLINTH READS "Impregnated Paper Insulated/ Oil Filled Pipe Cable 115 kv Grounded/ 2250 MCM Segmental Copper Strand/ manufactured by/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

COPPERCOLOURED METAL/ BUFF PAPER

Decoration

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