The Vancouver Submarine Power Cable Story 1957 | Power Cable Laying. de British Columbia - 1957

Published by The BICC Group, Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, London First Edition 1957. 1957., 1957. First edition in publisher's original plain cream card wrap covers [soft back]. 4to 11½'' x 9''. A submarine power cable is a transmission cable for carrying electric power below the surface of the water. These are called 'submarine' because they usually carry electric power beneath salt water, it is also possible to use submarine power cables beneath fresh water. The Vancouver Island | Dunsmuir Substation Reactor station, at overhead crossing of Texada Island, has two three-phase circuits using twelve, separate, oil filled single-phase cables with shore section cooling facilities, the nominal rating being 1200 MW (1600 MW - 2hr overload). Contains 40 printed pages with maps, monochrome illustrations illustrating cable construction, many photographs throughout, one double page fold-out plate showing cableship 'Ocean Layer' with detailed cut-away sectional drawing. Fine condition book in Very Good condition original thick glassine acetate dust wrapper which has one small tear to the bottom of the spine and one small piece missing to the top of the spine. Member of the P.B.F.A.