Mike,
the voltage is mostly 11 kV. You're darn right about the size - I didn't realise how large these things are.
The above mentioned utility is still busy fixing its network. They have close to 3000 line(s)men out and have had two fatalities in the past week. One man was killed when the pole he had climbed broke. A helper was killed when the lineman failed to check that the 11 kV line was deenergized before they commenced work. (The lineman will go to court for this: The deceased was under-age and unlicensed.)
