Service at that time was provided by a steam plant about a mile away by the Electric Light and Power Company of Abington and Rockland (which became part of Brockton Edison in the late 1940s).

The boxy things on the crossarms are fuse disconnects enclosed in wooden boxes. About 1930 these wood fuse "cutouts" became obsolete within the utility industry owing to porcelain-bodied designs newly introduced which were much more relaible phyisically, mechanically and electrically. Many of the 30s and later porcelain fuse cutouts (and disconnects) around here have been faithfully in service ever since their installation. Periodic replacements owing to pole changeovers, fuse changes and primary voltage upgrades did a lot of them in. The majority of these box type cutouts were well-lived and built very well.