Harrington, ME c.1915, 6-over-10 Pins Phone Openwire Pole

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted June 30, 2014

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Assuming this pole was for telephone comms the two 6-pin crossarms came first and then the 10-pinner beneath it. Ma Bell and probably some independents here in New England went for the latter around 1910 for carrying more circuits upon each crossarm.

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