Albany, NY c.1900. Phone Openwire Distribution Ring Atop Tall Pole.
By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted March 3, 2019
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Although far more popular in Europe than in the United States, these "distro rings" allowed for telephone and other circuit connections from a 360-degree vantage point.