Vintage Photographs > St. Louis, MO., c.1925. Close View of Top of Utility Pole, Right Side of City Street

St. Louis, MO., c.1925. Close View of Top of Utility Pole, Right Side of City Street

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted February 23, 2021

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The upper two crossarms and three lead-sheathed cables beneath were for telephone connections. The two crossarms below them appear to have been for municipal communications, such as police dispatch telephones and fire alarm call boxes.

St. Louis, MO., c.1925. Close View of Top of Utility Pole, Right Side of City Street

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted February 23, 2021

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