I just read an ABC news item which referred to someone crashing a stolen vehicle into a telegraph pole. When did power poles stop being telegraph poles?
Possum3 said
08:49 AM Sep 1, 2021
I believe the question should be "When did telegraph poles become power poles? Telegraph was invented and promulgated long before power transmission became in vogue.
KJB said
08:50 AM Sep 1, 2021
dorian wrote:
I just read an ABC news item which referred to someone crashing a stolen vehicle into a telegraph pole. When did power poles stop being telegraph poles?
And ANY type of earthmoving/construction equipment is a ...."Bulldozer..." ! KB
Dicko1 said
09:06 AM Sep 1, 2021
Dedicated, as well as shared poles for both power and aerial comms lines, still exist.
yobarr said
09:24 AM Sep 1, 2021
KJB wrote:
dorian wrote:
I just read an ABC news item which referred to someone crashing a stolen vehicle into a telegraph pole. When did power poles stop being telegraph poles?
And ANY type of earthmoving/construction equipment is a ...."Bulldozer..." ! KB
Too true,unfortunately.And whenever a semi-trailer,or truck and dog, is involved in an accident,invariably the vehicle is described as a "B Double"
Craig1 said
09:28 AM Sep 1, 2021
In Tassie, in the day, they were Hydro poles for the intermittant power supply , or PMG poles for the usually reliable telephone.
Rob Driver said
11:22 AM Sep 1, 2021
When I was in SA I wondered what the hell they were talking about when they called them Stobie Poles.
They aren't made of wood like most others, they are made by pouring concrete between two rails of steel channel for want of a better description.
I think Stobie may have been the designer of the termite proof poles..
Craig1 said
12:00 PM Sep 1, 2021
I think around Griffith they had to discontinue concrete poles at one stage. Groundwater salinity ate the reo.
Dick0 said
12:24 PM Sep 1, 2021
Just more ABC "Fake News".
Dicko1 said
03:16 PM Sep 1, 2021
Dick0 wrote:
Just more ABC "Fake News".
True mate... Thats why I only listen to any FOX news.......
Dick0 said
04:22 PM Sep 1, 2021
Dicko1 wrote:
Dick0 wrote:
Just more ABC "Fake News".
True mate... Thats why I only listen to any FOX news.......
Must be fake News...'cos all our poles are power poles!
KJB said
04:46 PM Sep 1, 2021
Craig1 wrote:
In Tassie, in the day, they were Hydro poles for the intermittant power supply , or PMG poles for the usually reliable telephone.
Media also refers to them as "Light Poles.." whether there is a light on them or not..... KB
Possum3 said
04:48 PM Sep 1, 2021
Dick0 wrote:
Dicko1 wrote:
Must be fake News...'cos all our poles are power poles!
What no Optus or Foxtel cables?
dorian said
05:03 PM Sep 1, 2021
I remember using a telex machine during the early 1980s.
A brief overview of Telegraphs, Telex and Data services in the Australian Post Office/Telecom network:
It was actually a joke and I am not interested in your political ideology.
Craig1 said
09:00 PM Sep 1, 2021
That link forgot " a party line pole " which at the moment is probably an oxymoron.
JayDee said
09:27 PM Sep 1, 2021
Small type telegraph poles (not power poles) were used as roadside guideposts back in the pre-1960.
These poles were replaced by the current type of guideposts great move to do so, as the old posts claimed many a life, especially in the Australian outback.
Ooops a little of post article.
Jay&Dee
KJB said
08:31 AM Sep 2, 2021
JayDee wrote:
Small type telegraph poles (not power poles) were used as roadside guideposts back in the pre-1960. These poles were replaced by the current type of guideposts great move to do so, as the old posts claimed many a life, especially in the Australian outback. Ooops a little of post article. Jay&Dee
Guide Posts..... KB
Rob Driver said
08:58 AM Sep 2, 2021
Remember years ago when crossing the Hay Plains the telegraph poles were not much more that branches cut from trees and in some places the wires were sow low that you could almost touch them. I remember my Dad saying that if you had a good horse you could jump over them.
Dick0 said
10:05 AM Sep 2, 2021
There are plenty of old telegraph poles around the country especially beside unused railway tracks.
Aus-Kiwi said
12:04 PM Sep 2, 2021
The wires are still held up there telegraphed
off the ground . Yes it comes from old days of Telephone co .
PeterD said
11:04 PM Sep 5, 2021
Rob Driver wrote:
When I was in SA I wondered what the hell they were talking about when they called them Stobie Poles.
I think Stobie may have been the designer of the termite proof poles..
A Stobie pole is a power line pole made of two steel joists held apart by a slab of concrete. It was invented by Adelaide Electric Supply Company engineer James Cyril Stobie (18951953). Stobie used readily available materials due to the shortage of suitably long, strong, straight and termite-resistant timber in South Australia.
Dicko1 said
07:27 AM Sep 6, 2021
Many farmers used the top of their fence posts to carry the long line telephone cable from the road to their property house.
Cupie said
02:19 PM Sep 9, 2021
Dicko1 wrote:
Many farmers used the top of their fence posts to carry the long line telephone cable from the road to their property house.
Sure did. Lots of these, often party lines, were strung from tree to tree. To repair faulty sections we often used a strand of a nearby fence; a temporary fix that often stayed in place for years. Two wire circuits were often converted into earth return (one wire & earth)as a temporary fix ... sometimes with a 'hospital' shoe in the faulty line at the exchange.
Cupie said
07:36 PM Sep 9, 2021
dorian wrote:
I remember using a telex machine during the early 1980s.
A brief overview of Telegraphs, Telex and Data services in the Australian Post Office/Telecom network:
Thanks for the link .. will make interesting reading, especially the links within the story. If you really want to know the story of Telecommunications in Australia have a look at "Clear Across Australia" by Ann Moyal .. commissioned by Telecom Australia/Telstra in 1984.
BTW ... I call them Power Poles despite the fact that some were once Telegraph, then Telephone poles, but most are Power poles with lots of untidy often redundant telecommunications stuff hanging from them, not to forget the cameras and NBN stuff perhaps lots of 5G stuff in the near future.
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 9th of September 2021 07:37:39 PM
I just read an ABC news item which referred to someone crashing a stolen vehicle into a telegraph pole. When did power poles stop being telegraph poles?
And ANY type of earthmoving/construction equipment is a ...."Bulldozer..." ! KB
Too true,unfortunately.And whenever a semi-trailer,or truck and dog, is involved in an accident,invariably the vehicle is described as a "B Double"
They aren't made of wood like most others, they are made by pouring concrete between two rails of steel channel for want of a better description.
I think Stobie may have been the designer of the termite proof poles..
Just more ABC "Fake News".
True mate... Thats why I only listen to any FOX news.......
Must be fake News...'cos all our poles are power poles!
Media also refers to them as "Light Poles.." whether there is a light on them or not..... KB
What no Optus or Foxtel cables?
I remember using a telex machine during the early 1980s.
A brief overview of Telegraphs, Telex and Data services in the Australian Post Office/Telecom network:
https://oldaustraliantelephones.weebly.com/a-brief-overview-of-telegraphs-telex-and-data-services-in-the-australian-network8203.html
No.
They are referred to as power poles whether they hang communication cables or have lights attached.
Types of Power Poles Used in Australia - Eris Electrical
Put band-aids over your raw nerve endings.
It was actually a joke and I am not interested in your political ideology.
These poles were replaced by the current type of guideposts great move to do so, as the old posts claimed many a life, especially in the Australian outback.
Ooops a little of post article.
Jay&Dee
Guide Posts..... KB
Remember years ago when crossing the Hay Plains the telegraph poles were not much more that branches cut from trees and in some places the wires were sow low that you could almost touch them.
I remember my Dad saying that if you had a good horse you could jump over them.
There are plenty of old telegraph poles around the country especially beside unused railway tracks.
From Stobie pole -
A Stobie pole is a power line pole made of two steel joists held apart by a slab of concrete. It was invented by Adelaide Electric Supply Company engineer James Cyril Stobie (18951953). Stobie used readily available materials due to the shortage of suitably long, strong, straight and termite-resistant timber in South Australia.
Sure did. Lots of these, often party lines, were strung from tree to tree. To repair faulty sections we often used a strand of a nearby fence; a temporary fix that often stayed in place for years. Two wire circuits were often converted into earth return (one wire & earth)as a temporary fix ... sometimes with a 'hospital' shoe in the faulty line at the exchange.
Thanks for the link .. will make interesting reading, especially the links within the story. If you really want to know the story of Telecommunications in Australia have a look at "Clear Across Australia" by Ann Moyal .. commissioned by Telecom Australia/Telstra in 1984.
BTW ... I call them Power Poles despite the fact that some were once Telegraph, then Telephone poles, but most are Power poles with lots of untidy often redundant telecommunications stuff hanging from them, not to forget the cameras and NBN stuff perhaps lots of 5G stuff in the near future.
-- Edited by Cupie on Thursday 9th of September 2021 07:37:39 PM