Group: The Powerline Graveyard
The "Too Late" file
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David Dahle
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This is for those poles you spot in street view but the satellite overview shows it's clearly long gone.
Here's one that falls into this category - goo.gl/maps/Gj573jnpos82
Here's one that falls into this category - goo.gl/maps/Gj573jnpos82
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Power LinesIt was an old pole, put up around 1937 by Litchfield Electric Light & Power, with a 6-pin arm carrying 4.8kV delta. The insulators were 1960s CL&P replacement brown-glaze cable tops.
Sadly, the crossarm was replaced by a braceless fiberglass arm with 35kV Hendrix.
Here's a Google Street View photo of the pole before its crossarm met its doom:
goo.gl/30Cp2c
And another:
goo.gl/y8ev4F