Boston Suburb, c.1895. Western Union Telegraph Crossover Pole in Neighborhood.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted August 26, 2020

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Connections to the company's main telegraph line probably were not far away and this two-pin pole line might have led to a remote dispatcher's office some distance away. A closeup of the top of this pole with W.U. Tel. Co. crossarm stenciling follows...click "Next".

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