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
“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
Battery-powered trains would save rail operators the cost of installing overhead wires on unelectrified tracks, which are found throughout the UK.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024
Beyond that, the overhead wires will be replaced in west London.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024
There were stacks of music-sheets on counters, and shelves, and dangling from overhead wires.
From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna