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  2. Oppenheimer pole - Wikipedia

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    Oppenheimer poles are galvanised iron telegraph poles. They consist of three oval sections that collapse into each other telescope-style for transportation. Once extended, the joints between the sections are clamped with collars. The pole is fixed to a base for support with a u-bolt. The poles were used in the construction of the Australian ...

  3. Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    Telegraph pole with spars, insulators and open wires on a now decommissioned Railway Pole Route, Eccles Road, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A pole route (or pole line in the US) is a telephone link or electrical power line between two or more locations by way of multiple uninsulated wires suspended between wooden utility poles. This method of link ...

  4. Rod (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool [1] and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units , it is defined as 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet , equal to exactly 1 ⁄ 320 of a mile , or 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain ), and is exactly 5.0292 meters.

  5. Joseph Oppenheimer - Wikipedia

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    The Oppenheimer pole could be erected to 3 meters in height, and was available in a light weight narrow version, or a broader one. The Oppenheimer poles were designed using three oval shaped galvanised pipes of different diameter and each pipe would slide inside the next.

  6. Pin insulator - Wikipedia

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    A pin insulator is a device that isolates a wire from a physical support such as a pin (a wooden or metal dowel of about 3 cm diameter with screw threads) on a telegraph or utility pole. It is a formed, single layer shape that is made out of a non-conducting material, usually porcelain or glass. It is thought to be the earliest developed ...

  7. Talk:Utility pole - Wikipedia

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    A utility pole is a column or post used to support overhead power lines and various other public utilities, such as electrical cable. Why doesn't the picture belong here? Etan J. Tal 10:55, 6 March 2019 (UTC) Because it's not a pole. It's a tower structure standing on at least seven supports. A pole is a single, free-standing upright.

  8. Optical telegraph - Wikipedia

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    In 1808 the Royal Telegraph Institution was created and Edelcrantz was made director. [59] The Telegraph Institution was put under the jurisdiction of the military, initially as part of the Royal Engineering Corps. [60] A new code was introduced to replace the 1796 codebook with 5,120 possible codepoints with many new messages.

  9. Category:Telegraphy - Wikipedia

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