Boston, MA c.1905. Street Corner with Electric Lines, Old Transformers, Arc Street Light.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted May 1, 2020

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It is interesting how electric utilities at least around Boston frequently mounted their distribution transformers at a low height on their poles. This certainly must have saved a lot of time during their installation. Perhaps, too, this was done because of limited pole top space.

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