overhead wires
Suspended power lines
Overhead wires are electrical cables suspended above ground on poles or towers, carrying power or signals.
The term most often refers to wires that supply electricity to trains, trams, or trolleybuses: Service was delayed due to damage to the overhead wires.
It also covers power lines running along streets or across countryside.
- pantographsMechanical drawing duplicators
- trolley poleOverhead wire contact arm
- insulatorsMaterials blocking energy transfer
- power linesElevated electrical conductors
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
visual pollution · streetcars · tracks · arcing · tram · substations · crackling · lineman · catenary · circuit breakers · transmission towers · transformers · habitat disruption · surge protectors · metro lines · light rail systems · electric railway · train line
- electrical gridpower grid, power grids, electrical grid, power line, power lines
- height concernsceiling height, clearance, overpasses, tall buildings, skyscrapers
- rail electrificationcatenary, pantograph, pantographs, third rail, electrification
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
- rail transitsubway, metro, tram, train, trains
overhead wiresunderground cables
Wires installed beneath surface
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