overhead wires

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Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He said damage to overhead wires had caused cancellations in Ayrshire and Inverclyde.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

For instance, multiple lawsuits allege Edison’s equipment ignited the deadly Eaton fire after the utility failed to de-energize overhead wires during a Jan. 7 wind event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025

“We believe that the Eaton fire was ignited because of SCE’s failure to de-energize its overhead wires, which traverse Eaton Canyon,” said attorney Richard Bridgford, who is representing a local homeowner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

Edison's own wishes were altogether for the use of the methods he had so carefully devised; and hence that bustling home of shoe manufacture was spared this infliction of more overhead wires.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis