The practical telephone handbook and guide to the telephonic exchange (1906)
Poole, Joseph · New York, Macmillan Co. · leaf 371
EPHONE HANDBOOK of the hole, b the pole, c, d, e the ladders, longer ladders beingused as the pole becomes more upright, when it is steadiedby the ropes attached to the top. At f a board is shown at theend of the pole. This is to prevent the end of the pole digginginto the soil, and so impeding its… … Fig. 335.—Method of raising Pole and should on no account be scamped, as the stability of thepole depends altogether upon it. In America, instead of ladders, so-called pole-pikes and ead-men are used for raising the poles. The formerare stout and strong wooden rods about 15 feet long, fitted atthe…
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