overhead wires
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Undergrounding electric wires can cost more than $6 million per mile, according to the state Public Utilities Commission, far more than building overhead wires.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
These include more than 120 trees on tracks, damaged overhead wires, power supply failures and other objects and debris blown onto the line.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
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
There were stacks of music-sheets on counters, and shelves, and dangling from overhead wires.
From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna
