Posted Sep 28, 2016, 5:40 AM
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Originally Posted by VC351W
Curious structure indeed. But pretty typical for an early distribution substation. Those buckets are clay pipes and they served as exits or entrances for the high voltage wires. If you look closely you'll see the three phase wires entering the building. The are supported on a wooden timber and are tied onto insulators.
Those stars are cast iron washers and did serve to tie a steel inner structure to the brick building.
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More of the same (buckets).
 HuntingtonDL
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Last edited by BifRayRock; Sep 28, 2016 at 3:46 PM.
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