Hingham Municipal Lighting Plant, MA, 1926, Electric Pole with Cracked Top.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted July 16, 2020

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This pole was among many that the Hingham Municipal Light Board deemed necessary for replacement in their 1926 report. Note the large crack extending down from its top. The Board stated "it became necessary for this Department for the protection of its lines, to assume the expense of replacing many defective poles, and in the future there will be many more poles replaced."

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