34.5-kV Metering & Switching Structure
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Douglas G. Schema

34.5-kV Metering & Switching Structure
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34.5-kV Metering & Switching Structure
This 34.5-kV metering and switching structure is located east of Blue Springs, Missouri and formerly belonged to Missouri Public Service Company. Unfortunately, today the installation is is part of KCP&L. Note the air break switching on the right pole with Joslyn vacuum break canisters added to the switch at a later time--probably in the 1970s. What is unusual about this structure are the current transformers, which appear as large ceramic barrel-type containers on the upper transverse arm. They have Westinghouse Autovalve arresters mounted on the northern side (not visible) and are of a unique style and type. Below them are potential transformers for voltage metering. The alley-type structure also sports Westinghouse De-ion Boric Acid fuses on the opposite side of the structure.