David Dahle's photos with the keyword: 12.5kV

An older REA line leaving the downtown area.

The old transformer pole at Raymond still stands, along with its crossarm-mounted bank (I'd bet the three cans are GE units).

Looks like they buried part of the old 41.6kV line that fed this long since shelled-out sub. Surprising they've never bothered to replace the badly faded sign on the sub either.

Original picture: www.ipernity.com/doc/ndlinegeek/18862819 Seems the distribution has recently been upgraded from 7200V CGD as the branch heading south is new. It was a bummer to see the KPFs gone and the sub upgraded to full 3-phase. At least there's another nearly identical one at Selz (and that sub is wood). The splices on the 115kV pole carrying the distribution is where the original 41.6kV/7200V CGD sub stood.

Sorry for the lack of uploads, but this whole pandemic thing has upended everything and made overnight travel just about impossible. This was from only the third trip I made all summer, and it was mainly to check on one antique shop here that had been a good source of insulators over the years after it moved to a new, smaller building... found only one insulator worth taking home and after cleaning I found some hidden damage... Anyhow, it was interesting to see this new switch arrangement, and which was a relocation of the switch from a poorly accessible location in the back (the old switch has been shelled out and bypassed).

Looks like WAPA and the Flandreau municipal are almost done getting ready to bury the backup line. Glad they haven't touched those big GE pellet arresters... yet.

A view of the 12.5kV/4160V transformer on the mountain line, retired after the rebuild to 12.5kV reached the park. It now seems that as of November 19th, the conversion of the 2400V and 4160V distribution systems and the 22.9kV transmission line into one long 12.5kV/7200V Y circuit has been completed, the last section being the line along Waltonia Road.