Searsmont, ME c.1910. Early Telephone Rural Openwire Pole Line.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted October 24, 2018

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Note the two lag screws or bolts that were used to affix the crossarms to the pole. This method was pretty much was superceded by around 1910 in the telephone, telegraph and electric utility industry by using a single through-bolt instead.

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