Patoka, IN, c.1930. Close View of Top of 4-crossarm Phone Openwire Pole Next to River

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted January 5, 2023

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I think the shorter 10-pin crossarm with short crossarm braces that is lowermost on this pole is pretty neat, being a slightly "scaled-down" version of the standard 10-pin crossarms above. Perhaps the shorter arm carried different circuits or those of another telephone company.

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