Bloomingdale, NY c1912, Electric Lighting Service, Phone Openwire Poles, Lines

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted September 9, 2015

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A ten-pin, four crossarm telephone open wire lead is seen along the left. On the right are electric lighting circuits with a spanwire street light that once illuminated one of this New York State community's residential intersections. The device above the fixture is a large pulley with electrical connections within it for lowering the fixture to ground level for maintenance. A crank-winch mechanism (hardly seen) on the pole on the right was employed for this then-commonplace but interesting maneuver.

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