Corner Pole With Fog Bells

By Mike Parker; posted July 4, 2011

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The next pole east of the previous pole is a corner pole with fog bell dead ends in 2 directions on crossarms. Also note the secondary arm below with open wire 120/240 volt wires on mud signal insulators, rare for this utility! The location is on a steep bluff overlooking the ocean at the beach parking lot. The nice orangey-brown glaze on the fog bells really stands out and they may well have been Lapps. I would have liked to seen all the arc flashing and burned glaze sections on these when they took them down after years of service in THAT location ! I would bet the audible arcing and snapping was driving the Oceanside, OR. residents nuts. But they may not of heard it since the sound of the waves here is even louder !

Have a bang-up 4th everybody ;)

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