This popular beach is near the entance to Cape Cod. Our family went there a lot on summer Sunday outings with relatives in the early to mid 1960s. In view is an electric distribution utility pole typical for the company serving customers in that vicinity (it was either the New Bedford Gas and Electric Company or the Plymouth County Electric Company). Both used similar pole-line construction and a lot of side mounted porcelain street light fixtures like the one you see here. These were made by GE from the later 20s through the early 1950s.

New England Telephone used a lot of openwire here in SE Massachusetts and on Cape Cod. An example is seen. Much of this was replaced by paired cable owing to big hurricanes that hit these vicinities in 1954 and 1960. Whatever phone openwire remained was replaced by Ma Bell by 1966.

Altogether, really neat pole-line scenery as I will forever recall from our trips to the beach....