Cortland, KS c1910, Village, Staggered Crossarm Phone Poles

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted February 4, 2014
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This line certainly wasn't anything built by Ma Bell's standards ;-) Additional circuits were added via whatever crossarms, insulators, wooden side brackets and whatever else happened to be available. One really wonders what dreamy varieties of glass insulators were scoured by this (likely) ma-and-pa telephone company!

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