Manchester, ME c.1915, Utility Openwire Lines, Electric Transformer.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted August 28, 2014

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Along the left are electric lighting circuits with a distribution transformer for customers in this neighborhood. In addition, lines powering the trolley route through this Maine community share the same poles. On the right are openwire telephone circuits stately strung on their own poles with four 10-pin crossarms.

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