Neffs, OH c.1910, Early Bow and Arrow Power Line, Phone Openwire

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted August 18, 2014

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The former can be seen along the left with some pretty big porcelain multipart insulators supporting a single-phase high voltage transmission circuit. The insulators were mounted on heavy steel arms with a static wire strung along top (for lightning protection), thus the "bow-and-arrow" construction style nickname.

A ten-pin, double crossarm comms line also is in view, towards the right.

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