Boston Suburb, 1903. Tall Openwire Pole with Many Crossarms Next to Old Building

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted August 25, 2020

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Fire alarm circuits were strung along the top crossarm with telephone lines beneath. Electric lighting service routes were upon the lower crossarms (those with thicker wires and eight pins) with a street light circuit among them serving the arc street lamp on a mast arm mounted to this pole.

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