Vintage Photographs > Quincy, MA c.1880. Closeup Look at Early Telegraph Pole at Train Station.

Quincy, MA c.1880. Closeup Look at Early Telegraph Pole at Train Station.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted December 15, 2019

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This was an early threaded line, probably built in the 1870s, replacing many threadless insulators along it. This was a main RR and telegraph connection to points south throughout southeast Massachusetts and Cape Cod.

The insulators in this photo appear to be CD 127s.

Quincy, MA c.1880. Closeup Look at Early Telegraph Pole at Train Station.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted December 15, 2019

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