Housatonic, MA Trolley, Open Wire Lines, etc.1907

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted September 12, 2007
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Lotsa open wire here. Note the early four-pin telegraph line along the railroad tracks in the foreground. Supplemented by tall poles supporting some very early power distribution. The locale is in western Massachusetts where there was pioneer hydroelectric generation and transmission lines extending from these plants.

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