High wiring work

September 10, 2022 10:34 pm • Last Updated: September 10, 2022 10:40 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

A Hughes 500 helicopter with One Span hovers overhead as a line worker, not pictured, installs optical ground wire along the top of transmission towers along an Eversource right of way in Bozrah Saturday, Sept., 10, 2022. According to Eversource spokesmen Mitchell Gross, the wire enhances communication between company facilities and protects the high-voltage transmission system from severe weather conditions, such as lightning strikes. A total of 47 miles of OPGW is being installed on the structures between Eversource substations in Manchester and Waterford. The flights got underway during the second week of August and will occur intermittently through early December. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Lowered from a hovering helicopter, not pictured, a line worker with contractor One Span installs optical ground wire along the top of a transmission tower along an Eversource right of way in Bozrah Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. According to Eversource spokesmen Mitchell Gross, the wire enhances communication between company facilities and protects the high-voltage transmission system from severe weather conditions, such as lightning strikes. A total of 47 miles of OPGW is being installed on the structures between Eversource substations in Manchester and Waterford. The flights got underway during the second week of August and will occur intermittently through early December. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A Hughes 500 helicopter with One Span transports a line worker to the next tower to install optical ground wire along the top of transmission towers along an Eversource right of way in Bozrah Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. According to Eversource spokesmen Mitchell Gross, the wire enhances communication between company facilities and protects the high-voltage transmission system from severe weather conditions, such as lightning strikes. A total of 47 miles of OPGW is being installed on the structures between Eversource substations in Manchester and Waterford. The flights got underway during the second week of August and will occur intermittently through early December. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Residents looking up recently along the Eversource transmission wires in the region may have noticed a high wire act in progress.

Workers from a contractor, One Span, specializing in helicopter-based work on transmission lines, have been conducting operations along the Eversource lines running from Waterford to Manchester.

According to Eversource spokesmen Mitchell Gross, the wire enhances communication between company facilities and protects the high-voltage transmission system from severe weather conditions, such as lightning strikes.

A total of 47 miles of optical ground wire is being installed on the structures between Eversource substations in Manchester and Waterford.

The flights got underway during the second week of August and will occur intermittently through early December.

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