American telegraphy and encyclopedia of the telegraph; systems, apparatus, operation (1909)
Maver, William, jr. [from old catalog] · New York, Maver publishing company · leaf 656
WIRE BARROW. FIG. 417. … COME ALONG. fall may be used to pull up iron wire, but copper wire should be drawn up, levelwith the iron wire, hand tight, as construction men term it; that is, without theuse of vices or come-alongs. FIG. 418.
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