Mansfield, MA c.1920. Lineman on Telegraph Junction Box Pole, Train Wreck.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted March 25, 2019

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Mansfield is about 30 miles south of Boston. This photograph was taken on the main RR stretch that extends (now Amtrak) from Boston, MA to New York City. Vital telegraph circuits pararelled it since about 1850. In this image you can see a telegraph pole with many wires that connected the forementioned cities (and well beyond).

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