Electricity in wires

Earlier I did an art post about telephone poles and power lines. This video discusses how power is distributed down those lines in the most efficient manner.

 

Telephone poles and power lines

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The first power plants were built in 1882. They produced the electricity which was then distributed by a grid of wires. Since then, the power stations and the grid to support them have expanded enormously. Power lines are a ubiquitous and little considered part our landscape. Of course, power lines and the poles that support them have been captured by artists, sometimes as an aside in a landscape painting, sometimes as the main subject.

Electricity

Whoo-hoo! Captain Beefheart to commemorate the return of power. Take that Irma.