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Etrump

March 25, 2014 05:21PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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There were two wires on the Silverton Branch...WU No 108 and RR No. 1.
The line was badly damaged in snowslides circa 1952 and never restored.

The wire was/is No.8 BWG galvanized iron.

Hard drawan copper typically wasn't used on RR telegraph lines, except for high quality tanscontinental circuits on main lines.

Galvanized Iron was stronger and was cheaper
and No. 8 and No 6 BWG were common sizes used on most RR lines.

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