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Matt Weldon

Posted: 07 Jul 2013

Taken: 16 Jun 2013

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1/400 • f/8.0 • 300.0 mm • ISO 160 •

PENTAX K-5

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CD 122 •

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Rare remnant open wire phone line

Rare remnant open wire phone line
Allen County, Indiana

This shot shows the second pole remnant open wire phone line leading to a house on private property. Looks like a small cable was adding many years later and then eventually CATV. The two glass insulators are CD 122 Hemingray-16 or 17.

Two wire open phone lines on old wooden side brackets were still somewhat common along the rural country roads around Fort Wayne back in the early to mid 70's. This is the last remaining remnant of an open wire phone line I know of around the Fort Wayne area.

This shot shows the first pole leading to the house.
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 Power Lines
Power Lines
Great catch! How many spans did this old phone pair run?
10 years ago.
Matt Weldon has replied to Power Lines
Thanks! Three, but it's hard to see if the third pole next to the house has the open wire phone lines on it.

Here is a street view of the area. The first pole on the right is along the main utility lines along the rural road
goo.gl/maps/tWHqw
10 years ago.
 Tony Glen
Tony Glen
Im wondering if that porcelain insulator is a pinco?
10 years ago.
Matt Weldon has replied to Tony Glen
Looking at my raw image of this shot I zoomed in but couldn't see any writing on it, at least from this side.
10 years ago.

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