Hi Malcolm,
Agreed - and here's how it worked in practice!
See attached or http://tdu.to/Richmond_car_hose_bridge.jpg

The pic shows the early Richmond Virginia system of the late 1880's which many regard as the first practical electric tramway.

It's scanned from the Bonanza Books re-print of Frank Rowsome's "Trolley Car Treasury" (a great book!)

Mal Rowe in Melbourne AU
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From: Malcolm Miles

>For those with an interest in overhead wiring, scans of numerous pages

>from Ohio Brass catalogues (mostly 1926-7) have recently been added to

>the Ohio Valley Electric Railway web site:

> http://home.comcast.net/~ptm42/ob.htm


I like the emergency hose bridge.
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