This line was built in the middle 1930s, replacing an earlier one that also fed the town's municipal lighting substation. Locke catalog number 1035 mottled red/mahogany two-piece multipart insulators along with a few Pyrex-271s were used with the 1930s rebuild, along with hard-drawn, heavy-duty copper wire from its origin in East Weymouth, MA several miles away.

This line was owned by the Weymouth Light and Power Company with Hull Light Plant's local distribution beneath as you see. (Please see below for details).

The Hull Municipal Light Plant commenced operations in 1894 with a steam-powered generation plant on Edgewater Avenue (formerly Electric Avenue). Soon after the late 1910s double-circuit transmission line was completed, an indoor substation was also finished in 1919 that was immediately next to the Light Plant office building. Incoming transmission lines owned by a private utility supplemented the town's increasing electrical needs until some time in the 1950s when the town's steam plant was retired. The above 1930s line rebuild followed the same route as the one originally built. This improvement included new poles along much of its several-mile stretch from a substation in East Weymouth, MA.

Shown is a side view of one of several really cool and memorable pole lines I recall along the forementioned stretch. I fondly remember this pole with its Locke multipart insulators pulling a little bit one way in the foreground. When a kid this pole "burned" a very favorite image in my mind. An indelible thing on account of this pole's neat construction, the awesome patina of the aged light green copper wires (from the salt air nearby) and reddish Locke multiparts upon it. The latter Lockes were mounted on older-style, skinny (used?) rusty pins which really made their insulators stand out great!. This image was taken near historic Paragon Park, adjacent to Nantasket Beach in the early 1950s. Much of my fascination attracting my interest in insulators and pole lines was sparked by our regular family weekend visits to Nantasket Beach and the former Paragon Amusement Park; this pole line ran right behind the park and beach.

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