View of the main road through Syracuse at the turn of the century clearly showing the open-wire lines, "street furniture" and other architecture of the time. The cone-topped arc light in the center had a protective clear glass globe mounted lower in the fixture (very hard to see) that partially enclosed the two electrodes containing the electric arc for nighttime illumination. These "open arc" streetlights required daily arc electrode "trimming" and/or replacement. A pulley atop the fixture as seen facilitated in lowering the luminaire to the ground for this purpose via a ratcheting winch at eye-level on a nearby pole.