underground cables
Wires beneath streets
Underground cables are electrical or telecommunications wires buried beneath the earth's surface rather than strung on poles.
They carry power, phone service, or data through insulated conduits: The neighborhood has underground cables, so there are no power lines to worry about during storms.
The burial protects against weather damage and improves aesthetics, though repairs are more difficult.
- power cablesWires that transmit electricity
- high voltageDangerous electrical potential
- substationsVoltage transformation facilities
- sheathingProtective outer layer
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
transformers · insulation · trenching · shielding · electrical insulation · smart grids · power grid · manholes · coaxial cables · fiber optic · distribution networks · electricity · fault detection · power outage · urban infrastructure · circuit breakers · utility · laying
- energy infrastructurepower grid, electrical grid, electricity grid, electric grid, national grid
- NYC infrastructuresubway, sewers, water mains, streets, sidewalks
- wiringwires, cables, harnesses, copper wire, copper wires
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- telegraph linestelegraph poles, telegraph key, telegraph network, telegraph office, telegraph stations
- tunnelingTBM, tunnel boring, cut-and-cover, grouting, excavation
underground cablesoverhead lines
Suspended electrical conductors
overhead wires · power lines · transmission lines · telephone poles · utility poles