Boston Vicinity, c.1895, Early Multiple Crossarm Pole with Lots of Insulators.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 13, 2020

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Fire alarm circuits most likely on the top crossarm. Note the ramshorn hooks on the underside of the lowest arm, allowing more wire to be strung.

This was from a glass plate negative which had a crack in it, therefore the diagonal line in the image.

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