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What is a substation?

What is a substation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed and/or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.
  2. A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.
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Many utility issues were solved with a visit to the power substation, water pumping plant, or sewage treatment facility.
Furthermore, the cost of enabling a substation to broadband is much less than bringing DSL to an exchange.
Unrest was triggered by the deaths of two teenagers electrocuted in a power substation where they hid to escape police.
Next door to the proposed site is a massive electrical substation with overhead power cables carrying 33,000 volts.
They were electrocuted in a power substation where they hid, thinking police were chasing them.
Merely locating the car parking area next to the substation will not resolve the problem.

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