sub-station

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“They form⟳ part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have⟳ been in hand for a number⟳ of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include⟳ the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control⟳ or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed⟳.”

“The stations, lifts and trains were all brightly lit with electricity, and there was no question⟳ of voltage drop from being too far from the source of the power because the Central was the first line long enough to justify⟳ the building of sub-stations along the route.”

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