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The mains for the distributing of the current are laid on the
low tension and what is known as the 3-wire system. The
conductors are of bare copper strips, l½in. wide by Jin. thick;
they are supported on edge in glazed porcelain insulators, which
are carried on small cast-iron brackets built into the walls of the
culvert. The smallest distributors have one strip in each conductor,
and the largest, four strips on the outside and three
strips on the middle conductor.
The culverts are constructed of brick and concrete. The
bottom is formed with concrete rendered on the inside with cement.
The arc light cables are laid in 2in. cast-iron pipe by the
side of the culverts. The Vestry have laid about 13 miles of
main distributing lines.
The public supply of current commenced in June, 1891.
EALING.
The works are situate in South Ealing Road, and occupy a
portion of the ground used for the precipitation of the Sewage
and Destruction of House Refuse and Sludge from the Sewage
works. The buildings include engine-house, meter room,,
boiler-room, with coal stores above, the whole area being about
two acres.
The compulsory area of supply extends the whole length of
the district from east to west, being about 2 miles, and from
north to south about 1½ miles. The works were designed to
serve 5,000 8 c.p. incandescent lamps, and in addition it was
thought advisable to provide for 70 arc lamps for public lighting.

The engine house, with meter room, is 72ft. by 35ft., and the
boiler house, with coal stores above on the same level as the
Occupation Road, is 42ft. 6in. by 28ft. 6in., and there is room on
the south side for extending it to about double the size.
The chimney is about 175 feet high, and is used also for
destructor furnaces.
There are three boilers of the Lancashire type by J. Watts
and Co., constructed for a working pressure of 1201bs.
Above the boiler house is a store capable of holding 100 tons
of fuel, and the furnaces are fed with mechanical stokers direct.