Photograph most likely was taken along a stretch of Nantasket Avenue which is the main thorofare through this coastal Massachusetts community.

Primary voltage circuits (probably 2,200 volts) were strung along the four-pin crossarms atop this route. The power source originated on Electric Avenue (now Edgewater Ave.) at Hull Light's present location.

The town's series street lights were connected in a loop with each one connected via a break-line insulator; the wires connected on each side leading down to the fixture, from the lowermost 4-pin crossarm you see here. Series street lighting circuit in Hull was manually operated through at least the later 1950s at the Light Plant's central station (see below).

Hull Light produced their own electricity via a steam-operated plant built in 1894 when the town founded its publicly-owned utility (today with approximately 6,300 customers, most are residential).

About 1919 a double-circuit 7 or 13kv transmission line was completed from nearby East Weymouth, MA to Hull Light's facilities, supplementing the town's growing electrical requirements. Their generation plant stood until some time in the 1950s. Since its decommissioning the town has solely depended on two incoming 23kv circuits owned by a private utility (transformed to 13.8kv and metered at the town line). The forementioned supply line upgraded to 23kv and was completely rebuilt with new wire, poles and insulators during the mid-1930s. Much of the original heavy, stranded copper wire still is in use with a handful of original poles and insulators remaining.

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