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

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

For the next four weeks, there will be fewer trains late at night, while engineers carry out remedial work to the tracks, signalling and overhead wires.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

This practice of running overhead wires has great disadvantages when the wires are used for electric-lighting purposes as well as for ordinary telephone or telegraph purposes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 by Various