Hamilton, OH 1914, Electric Transmission and Phone Openwire Lines

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted January 4, 2015

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Telephone openwire circuits are seen in the background. On the right is a tall electric utility pole with a single three-phase circuit at high voltage atop it supported by some good looking early (lily-shell?) multipart porcelain insulators. Beneath the same pole are two shorter crossarms with lower-voltage local electric distribution circuits strung upon them.

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