Repairing Underground Power Cables Is Nearly Impossible

In 1989, this story about an underground electrical transmission line spread across the early internet like wildfire. It had a big impact on me as a kid, and I wanted to share it with you! I think the Scattergood-Olympic transmission line is probably LA's most famous power line, although it has now...

14 min - How Things Work - Practical Engineering

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