Ludlow, VT c.1915, Early Electric Lighting and Phone Openwire Lines

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

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On the far left is an electric service pole with at least four crossarms upon it with a distribution transformer. The "break-arm" insulator bracket on the end of the second arm down from the top looks like it was for a section of an open wire customer lead across the road. A double crossarm, 10-pin telephone open wire pole stood in front of this hotel with a crossarm mounted to it for electric service (presumably) as clearly seen.

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