Union, OR c.1914, Openwire, Knob Porcelain Insulators on Crossarms

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted April 21, 2015

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The latter were strung along the left through this Oregon community right about a century ago. On the right is a telephone openwire lead with a six-pin crossarm atop it. Beneath are two longer crossarms that appear to have utilized white knob-style porcelain (or maybe glass?) insulators (that are very hard to see) instead of standard pintypes.

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