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Word: kilovolt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quarantine is impossible, given 1) the obligations of a member to come to the aid of its pool, and 2) the speed at which a cascade travels. Nonetheless, Maine was the only New England state completely unaffected by the blackout. It was able to cut off its single, 115-kilovolt line to CANUSE in time. The Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland system escaped because its seven connections to CANUSE blew in time. Con Edison had no automatic cutoff system that protected it in the emergency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Northeast: The Disaster That Wasn't | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

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