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IN a paper, read to the Institution of Electrical Engineers on February 10, Mr. J. D. Peattie describes the control rooms provided by the Central Electricity Board for controlling the generating stations supplying electricity to the grid and for supervising the operation of the transmission lines. The whole of Great Britain with the exception of northern Scotland is now divided into nine schemes. These are grouped into seven systems which are controlled from seven centres, at Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London respectively. For short distances, continuous metallic circuits are provided, but for longer distances the Post Office channels pass through repeating stations and alternating current signals only are transmitted. The telephones and automatic indicating apparatus are always combined in one equipment suitable for use in conjunction with the channels hired from the Post Office. The vital line of communication is that connecting the control engineer on duty and the operator at the distant station.
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Control of the Grid System in Great Britain. Nature 139, 405 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139405b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139405b0