Tall Electric Utility Distribution and Phone Openwire Lines Along Street, 1911.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted March 22, 2019

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A railroad crossing is plainly in view along with a three-crossarm telegraph line strung alongside it, supplementing the abundance of openwire at this (unknown) location.

The round globe that you see near the center is the lens of a spanwire incandescent or arc street light that illuminated the RR crossing.

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