Traverse City Record-Eagle

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February 8, 2012

Fallen piece of wire causes power outage

FROM STAFF REPORTS ----

TRAVERSE CITY — A fallen piece of primary wire near the corner of Highland Park Drive and Eastern Avenue caused a brief power outage in Traverse City.

Traverse City Light & Power Executive Director Ed Rice said 1,525 customers lost power Monday at 6:05 p.m. when the wire fell. Power was restored in an hour to all but 75 customers. Those remaining 75 customers had power returned at 9:20 p.m.

The outage affected customers in the area roughly east of Railroad Avenue and north of Webster, along Front Street and up into Old Mission Peninsula. Northwestern Michigan College also lost power.

Rice blamed the age of the system for the fallen wire, which he said "was old and deteriorated."

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