Boston Area c.1910 Industrial District. Tall Poles, Numerous Electric, Phone Openwire Lns.

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

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Some of the phone stuff can be seen atop the poles on the left. At the railroad crossing in the nearby distance yet even more openwire circuits were employed (for telegraph). A sideview at a six-crossarm pole is seen near the crossing.

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