On 24/02/2016 10:06, GB wrote:
On 23/02/2016 21:48, Bob Eager wrote:

I don't know how well known this is (I used to study local history in
Brighton, I grew up there).

http://publicdomainreview.org/collec...-long-legs-of-
brighton/


Any idea how the electrical power was transmitted?

To answer my own question - overhead wires, like a trolley bus. It's
just not very obvious from the pictures.