Conduit current collection
Conduit current collection is a system of electric current collection used by electric trams. The power supply is in a channel under the roadway, rather than in overhead wires.
Conduit Current Collection Media
Conduit for current collection between the rails of streetcars in Washington, D.C., 1939. Washington installed the system in 1895 and it remained in operation until 1962
Horse power giving way to conduit power in New York
A conduit tramcar from Blackpool, on display at the National Tramway Museum
Related pages
Other websites
- Article on NYC conduits
- Illustrated articles on London's conduits and the Kingsway Tram Subway. Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Description on the underground conduit system - as of December 2006 link appears to no longer be valid. Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Information, photographs and some sound clips about the ground level power supply system currently being used in Bordeaux, France.
