Ashtabula, OH 1909 Bad Ice Storm, Sagging Phone Openwire Circuits

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 29, 2014

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This section of line was pretty well built because the poles, crossarms and wire were enduring the enormous physical stress of the thick ice-clad wires with not too much damage evident when this image was taken.

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