The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1952-12-04

Muskingum River generating sta
Beverly Morgan county, to =
point near Lima. The line and
its facilities will cost in excess
of $l2,000,000.
j. d. Hawkins, Cambridge, dis
trict manager, explained that the
new Transmission line is required
to provide assurance of a con-
tinuous and dependable supply of
electric power for the increasing
needs of homes, industry, COM
merce and agriculture in the ter
ritory served by Ohio Power. The
territory, predominantly made up
of comparatively small COM
munities and rural areas, is
spread over parts of 81 of Ohio's
80 counties. The company serves
approximately 374,000 customers.
"Ohio lies in the heart of
Americas industrial region and
the constant expansion of in
dustry in this state, particularly
in factories engaged in national
defense production, is big factor
that has brought about this line"
Mr.. Hawkins said.
Transmission at 100000 volts
will mean that the greater blocks
OF power required by industry
will be delivered more economic
ally from the major power sta
tions of Ohio Power" he said.
Crews are clearing the right
of-Way for the line, working
westward from the site of the
Muskingum River power plant.
The line is expected to be COM
pleted and in operation by mid
1854.
Eventually this line will be
part of voltage network
linking the seven-state area
served by the American Gas and
Electric system, already inter-
connected by an existing net
work of $4,000 volt lines.
The first section of the new
network extending 63 miles from
the new Kanawha River power
plant near Charleston, w. Va, to
the Philip Sporn plant on the
Ohio River near Pomeroy, was
placed in service earlier this
year, although it is temporarily
being operated at $4,000 volts.
The Kanawha plant is owned by
the Appalachian Electric Power
Company, a sister company of
Ohio Power in the AG. & E sys-
tenn. The Philip Sporn plant is
jointly owned by both companies.
The second section of the line
now is being built from the
Philip Sporn plant to the Musk
ingum River plant, a distance of
about AZ miles. This portion of
the network will be completed
early next year at cost of ap-
proximately $2,500,000.
From the Muskingum River
plant the line will extend west
to point south of New Lexing-
ton, thence northwest to a new
substation to be built just east of
Lima. It's route will include the
counties of Washington, Morgan,
Perry, Fairfield, Licking, Frank
lin, Delaware, Union Logan,
Hardin, and Allen.
The line, including the steel
towers, conductor and right-of-
way, will cost more than $780, I.
900. The new substation near
Lima, which will reduce voltage
of $4,000 volts for tying in with
the company's existing trans
mission lines in and around
Lima, will cost approximately 1
$2,2OO,O00.
Approximately 875 steel towers
will be erected along the route,
about five to a mile. Under
normal conditions, the conductor
can be strung from tower to
tower at the rate of two miles a /
week.
Design of the new line and its
construction, as well as the choice
of 100000 volts as the most suit
able for economical long-distance
transmission of large blocks of
power, are the result of a four
year experimental and research
program carried out by A. G. &
B. at Ohio Powers Tidd plant at
Brilliant, Ohio. Experiments
were made with voltages up to
100000.