Hexagonal underground electrical conduit

In a conduit for electrical cable having outer walls and a plurality of partition walls subdividing said conduit into a plurality of longitudinal ducts, the improvement wherein the outer walls of said conduit define an equiangular hexagon having arcuate vertices, the partition walls are symmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis of said conduit to form at least seven longitudinal ducts, each of said partition walls in contact with one of said outer walls is normal thereto, and said ducts are of equal size as defined by the maximum diameter circular cable that may be inserted therein.