Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1910 — Largest Switch Tower. [ARTICLE]

Largest Switch Tower.

The largest electrically-controlled ■witch tower in the world has Just been put Into service at Providence, R. 1., on the New York, New Haven & Hartford 1 * railroad. The tower la equipped with T 7 switch levers, providing. 266 combinations. Elaborate precautions are furnished to prevent the giving of a wrong signal. The power used is taken from the feed wires of the railway, but as a precaution two other sources of power are provided, which may be drawn upon In case of emergency.—Scientific American.