Framingham, MA c.1910, RR Station, Telegraph Lines

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 9, 2013
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Most likely trolley and electric service lines were lowermost in this scene. One of the the main telegraph lines between Boston, MA and Albany, NY was a bit higher up and strung along 6-pin crossarms. It is believed this was an iron wire route. This telegraph line went straight across Massachusetts (east to west) and likely was updated to hard-drawn copper wire with ten-pin crossarm construction in the early 1910's. Cedar pole replacements were the rule. Many stood until the line was removed around 1990.

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