...What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires,
and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop...
There was a time when railroad communication was by telegraph key so they
had to have their own facilities. And then there was Western Union sending
And the railroads had their own signaling system, which ran on aerial wires on
their right of way.
Dan
On Jun 6, 2012, at 7:28 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
...What were the poles along the RR tracks with two cross bars, wires,
and the colored glass insulators? Telephone or telegraph? Stop...
...Often cable TV and telephone share roadside poles with power lines.
The power lines are on top, the cable/phone lower down on the pole. Could
have been a cable or phone line. Power lines are not copper...
Almost always. Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding the transformers, next is transformer output serving the power drops to
the subscribers. Next is telephone and TV is on the bottom. The poles (NOT
telephone poles but utility poles) are owned by the power company
...During the '30s, '40s, and '50s in Florida there were telephone poles
along
main roads with multiple crosspieces that had dozens of telephone wires.
REA power poles were separate...
That would be correct, back before multi-pair cables when manual
switchboards were manned by Operator
That's generally true. If the power company also runs fiber, it is
typically between their power lines and the phone company lines.
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 8:03 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding the transformers, next
I think the wire I'm talking about is a pole-to-pole ground.
Wilton
- Original Message -
From: relng...@aol.com
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 10:03 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Poles 2
I posted: Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor)
feeding
