Duxbury, MA c.1910. Electric and Telephone Openwire Crossover Pole.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted May 9, 2019

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Note that the electric circuits are *beneath* the telephone wires and connections in this photo. The phone guys of that day must have precariously squiggled around the high voltage stuff with a prayer before reaching their equipment! The electric lighting lines are those on the shorter crossarms.

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