American telegraphy and encyclopedia of the telegraph; systems, apparatus, operation (1909)
Maver, William, jr. [from old catalog] · New York, Maver publishing company · leaf 656
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. … COME-ALONGS.—A comealong is shown in Fig. 417. It consists of an eccentricclamp c, supplied with a ring and strap, as shown. The wire is placed in the clampand the hneman gets a purchase for one end of his strap on the pole. He pulls onthe loose end which causes the clamp to tighten on the wire. As…
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