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The Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P) was formed on Aug. 9, 1917 when the Rocky River Power Co., Housatonic Power Co., United Electric Light & Water Co., and Seymour Electric Co. merged together, creating a utility serving Waterbury,

Here is a general time-line of the existence of the electric utilities I have covered in my photography. Connecticut Light & Power Co. (CL&P) -- Formed in 1917.Hartford Electric Light Co. (HELCO) -- Formed in 1881; acquired by CL&P in 1981.

This article provides a wealth of information on defunct electric and gas utilites acquired by CL&P and its predecessors over the years.

Here are two amber glass CD-167 insulators, which were made by Armstrong, on a pole in Middlebury carring a 4.8kV single phase distribution line from the Connecticut Light & Power Co: www.ipernity.com/doc/connecticut_power_l ines/16107275

I have just uploaded/transferred over 800 old photos from flickr.com using this tool: www.ipernity.com/blog/team/485851 These photos were taken between June 1, 2011 and February 12, 2012 and cover numerous power line safaris. Feel free to check them

I have now transferred all 4,500 of my photographs over from Flickr. Seeing as my photostream is complete here on Ipernity now, I will begin the "Flickr Deconstruction" phase of my transition. For the deconstruction, I plan to remove all my Flickr photos

Just uploaded some pictures I took while on a trip to the town of Simsbury, Connecticut. Towns covered include Burlington, Canton, and Simsbury. Utilities covered include CL&P, HELCO, and CP.

Today, I uploaded some photos from my latest line safari, which was to the town of Cornwall, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. I took many photos of equipment on the 27.6kV subtransmission system there, including distribution transformers, breakers,

Just uploaded my photos from yesterday's power line trip, which covered portions of the city of Watertown, Connecticut. Included in this batch of photos are a couple 13.8/4.8kV sub-stations, along with some miscellaneous power line construction.

Just uploaded a few more pictures from my trip to East Windsor, Connecticut on June 16.

Took a trip through Oxford today, where I photographed some of the recent line work that was taking place.

Took a short line safari today, encompassing a grand total of about 3 miles, to re-take some pictures of an old 4.8kV pole in the town of New Hartford with an early Line Material CSP can (with glass lightning arresters). You can come view the results of

I have now updated the descriptions and titles of all my pictures of CL&P in the town of Monroe, Connecticut to correct inaccuracies in their descriptions. The grid there runs at 13.2/23kV Y instead of 8/13.8kV Y, as the descriptions previously

I have jumped onto the bandwagon and have recently been adding tags (keywords) to many of my photos. The latest batch of tags covers power line construction details. I have now tagged the following: Aerial Cable Installations:

Over the last few days, I have worked to put together two new albums, which I have just completed. One album is just for transmission lines and poles, while the other is for substations. Here is the transmission album, covering lines from more than 20

Just took a trip to the town of Harwinton, Connecticut today to take pictures of some poles and wires, along with a major transmission sub-station. Lots of good stuff for a transmission geek, along with some old 4.8kV lines for us distribution guys.

Took a trip to Torrington yesterday, where I discovered a couple 2.4kV single phase branch lines that had been left out of the 13.2kV upgrade there. For many years, I thought that the entire 2.4/4.16kV distribution grid in Torrington was long extinct, but

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'm going to be away from August 12, 2013 to August 21, 2013. I'll be visiting portions of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana, and will hopefully return with lots of photos!

Today's Pole of the Day is an interesting one--it consists of many poles as a matter of fact! Here, you can see two transformer banks mounted on wooden platforms in a very interesting pole structure! I'm thinking these poles and platforms went up in the

Anybody who lives in the northeastern United States will remember Hurricane Sandy, a storm that impacted the region in late October of 2012. I have now assembled a new series of photos I took in the aftermath of the storm showing some line

A while ago last summer, I visited Jamestown and Newport in Rhode Island, and was greeted with a power grid full of goodies! Their electric power is provided by National Grid, and they run 34.5kV subtransmission with 2400/4160 multigrounded Y for

Took a quick drive down Route 8 and got some shots of Connecticut Light & Power's project to replace some 115kV lines that run from Stevenson to Waterbury.

I've almost hit the halfway mark with my "Fine Toothed Comb" photo updates. So far I've reached this page of my photostream: www.ipernity.com/doc/connecticut_power_l ines/20104199 I have personally viewed, looked over, critiqued, and updated over 2,640

As part of the "Fine Toothed Comb" photo update project, I am also tweaking and changing the names of the pictures to shorten and streamline them more. Names like "HELCO 13.2kV Single Phase - West Hartford, Conn. MUTUAL AID" are being changed over to

Took some more pictures of Connecticut Light & Power's work to rebuild 115kV transmission lines running from the Stevenson Dam to Waterbury and Watertown. The segment from Middlebury to Frost Bridge (345/115kV transmission sub in Watertown) has been

Ran into this article on the Connecticut Siting Council's web-site today: http://www.ct.gov/csc/lib/csc/f2008/3020 8_cover_lr.pdf The top things on their list of planned substation upgrades that really stuck in my mind included: -"Modifying the 115kV

Anybody got plans to head to the insulator show in Enfield, CT this upcoming Sunday, December 8?

You all may have noticed that I have been taking fewer power line picture trips in the past week. This has been caused by a string of inclinent weather that stretched from last Monday to today, and will continue into next day or two. Lots of snow and

Made a few slight adjustments to my page here on Ipernity today. I hope you all enjoy it! I also did some updates on my secondary profile on Flickr as well, with some links to point visitors over here to my Ipernity page. A link to my Flickr page:

I took many pictures on yesterday's line safari, which covered the Seymour area. Come on over and give them a look! Lots of interesting construction, including a 13.8/4.8kV substation.