Matt Weldon's photos with the keyword: transformer

Along E Bailey St just east of Ash St, Payne, Ohio. This is the largest Westinghouse transformer I've ever seen. Taken in the small town of Payne, Ohio. There is a number 25 on the front of the transformer.

Alley between Florida Dr and Forest Park Blvd and north of E State Blvd, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this shot the glass insulator is a CD 168 Hemingray D-510. Hard to believe its been five years when this was all upgraded to a single phase circuit. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne Google street view what it looks like today with it all single circuit, even a new repaved concrete alley. www.google.com/maps/@41.0968604,-85.1188991,3a,75y,3.95h,96.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sE553UXftAA_0JLcxyU8rkw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

East and west running alley between S Scott St and S Bennett St with E Central Ave to the north, Bluffton, Indiana. The series street lighting might be long gone, but there are still a lot of glass insulators and crossarm-hung transformers in use around the town of Bluffton, IN.

Corner of S Counts St and Martin St, Troy, Ohio. Side view of an old pole with an old transformer with five CD 183 Hemingray-71 glass insulators. Also, looks to be a U-180 Ohio Brass porcelain insulator in use.

Corner of S Counts St and Martin St, Troy, Ohio. Front view of an old pole with an old transformer with five CD 183 Hemingray-71 glass insulators. Also, looks to be a U-180 Ohio Brass porcelain insulator in use.

Along E Riley St between S Bennett St and S Mulberry St, Bluffton, Indiana. A regulator pole used on the old series street lighting circuits in Bluffton, Indiana. Bluffton did away with all their series street lighting circuits a few years ago. All glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512 insulators.

An old pole in Bluffton, Indiana with a crossarm-hung transformer. All six glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512 (D-512) insulators.

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole just west of Forest Park in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The two glass insulators are CD 218 Hemingray-660s. The transformer is an old cast iron Westinghouse. Fort Wayne was one of those few cities where many decades ago had a choice of two electric utilities, Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and City Light and Power (CL&P). On March 1, 1975 that would all change when CL&P was leased to I&M for 35 years. At first I&M slowly started to upgrade the power grid doing away with the old CL&P lines while upgrading their own lines. Than about 15 years ago I&M got more aggressive about the upgrading and that progressed even faster as the lease was getting nearer. I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne after the lease was up in February 28, 2010. After all the upgrades to the power grid two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne never got the new upgrades. Sections of the Northside Neighborhood and small sections of Spy Run Neighborhood never got the upgrades. On the old poles the I&M lines were up on the top crossarms while the CL&P lines would be on the bottom crossarms. Sometimes down an alley the I&M poles would be on one side with the CL&P poles on the other side. CL&P used four different glass insulators on their lines. CD 168 Hemingray D-510s, CD 218 Hemingray-660s, CD 230 Hemingray D-512s, and CD 272 Whitall Tatum 511As. This pole got upgraded last summer along with all the other poles in the alley. I believe it is all now just a single phase circuit line. Hard to believe compare to all these lines. To read more info about City Light and Power please go to this link. www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081224...

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Spy Run in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Small sections of Spy Run and sections of Northside are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. However, the last year the old poles have been upgraded in the Northside Neighborhood in most sections. This shot shows two CD 218 Hemingray-660s on the bottom City Light and Power buckarms. Looks like one maybe both transformers are not in use anymore.This is also the first pole I've seen were steel pins are in use for the old City Light and power crossarms. The nearly full moon was a nice bonus with the late evening lighting. Before March 1, 1975 the top crossarm would of been I&M while the bottom two buckarms CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

1425 West Washington St., Bluffton, Indiana A shot of a series street lighting circuit poles in Bluffton, Indiana. The six glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512s along with an old mercury vapor street light. The wires leading off to the right go to the ballpark lights, thanks to IE_RICK for pointing this out.

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. Sadly, upgrades to these poles have been going on the last year. This shot shows an old GE transformer along with two CD 230 Hemingray D-512 glass insulators and one box cutout. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

E Riley St., Bluffton, Indiana Just a shot of a single CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulator along with an older looking GE transformer. Within the last two years a wire along with a CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulator on the left side of the crossarm were taken down from service. This has been the case with a lot of poles in Bluffton with a wire removed from service the last few years.

10123 U.S. Route 20, Williams County, Ohio Two CD 302 Hemingray glass insulators in service use along highway 20 in Ohio. Looks like the Red-winged Blackbird on the top wire enjoys the view of the glass insulator.

252 Walmer Ave., Bluffton, Indiana This pole on the top crossarm shows two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators with the left one a D-512. The porcelain insulator on the far right is a U 399B loop insulator. The two lower glass insulators are more than likely CD 239 Kimble-830s but could also be Hemingray-830s. This pole just to the east of this pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27161083

Bluffton, Indiana In Bluffton, Indiana there are about 5 or 6 of these series lighting circuit regulator poles. The glass insulators are CD 230 Hemingray 512s. This pole just to the west of this pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/27241593

829 W Cherry St., Bluffton, Indiana Last week I made a trip back down to Bluffton, Indiana and shot about 40 more poles with glass insulators. Sadly, some of the street lighting circuits got changed over on some of the poles. This shot shows two CD 230 Hemingray 512 glass insulators in service use along with a couple of older looking transformers one being a Line Material can and an old mercury vapor street light.

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. In this shot the glass insulator is a CD 168 Hemingray D-510 along with what looks like an older GE transfomer. Sadly, a couple days ago when I drove past these last of the old City Light and Power poles they where being upgraded completely. I'm glad I was able to photograph about 50 of the last old poles. I will say in about a year not a single old City Light and Power pole will remain in Fort Wayne. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Packard Park, Fort Wayne While driving around Fort Wayne this winter I discovered one more area that has the old City Light and Power poles that were in an inner city park called Packard Park. With the poles being in a city park it would only have the City Light and Power lines, whereas in the neighborhoods it would of been both City Light and Power (CL&P) and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). On March 1, 1975 all CL&P lines were leased to I&M for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne. In this park there were eight old poles that had ball diamond lighting and one intermediate pole without the lights. All eight poles with the lighting had an old transformer, box cutout, lightning arrester, and the typical glass insulator for the one wire. This shot shows a close up of an old GE transformer, box cutout, and two CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulators. This pole also had the lighting on top for the ball diamond. This shot shows the same pole in a wide angle shot showing the ball diamond lighting. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/22620221