Boston Suburb, 1915. New Utility Pole Line Along Recently Built Neighborhood Street

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

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Electric service lines were strung along the top crossarms (4-pins). Telephone subscriber lines were beneath, on 6-pin arms with twisted-pair ("cord") type wire between the poles and also used for subscriber drops.

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