Columbia Falls, ME c.1925. Residential Street, Openwire Electric Phone Lines.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted February 4, 2019

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Cool looking three-crossarm telephone openwire is seen along the left and circuits for electric customers are on the right. It appears that many utilities in northern New England frequently used "knotty" poles as you can see. Most likely these poles were cut from trees native to this vicinity.

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