David Dahle's photos with the keyword: 41.6kV

I swung by Lake Preston to see if anything changed since my last trip through the area a while back. Everything appeared unchanged, but the scarce (if not rare) GE Form 109 streetlight has since given way to a NEMA standard light. :-|

As part of some in-progress improvements to strengthen its northeast South Dakota system, the company added a capacitor bank, and I'd thought the entire substation would be torn out and replaced, but they only added on to the east end of the structure... they STILL have that ridiculous method of terminating the north 41.6kV circuit!

After failing to find the new Leola 115/41.6kV substation, I made a quick detour to get a picture of the substation on the north edge of town once I realized the distribution here is 7200 delta! Sadly, MDU was well underway with preparations to convert the distribution system to 12.5kV Y, served from a new substation south of town. The substation today: maps.app.goo.gl/fwBz2KubX6sXP9hz7