Matt Weldon's photos with the keyword: box cutout

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Northside in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sections of Northside and small sections of Spy Run are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. Sadly, upgrades to these poles have been going on the last year. This shot shows an old GE transformer along with two CD 230 Hemingray D-512 glass insulators and one box cutout. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom two CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.

Packard Park, Fort Wayne While driving around Fort Wayne this winter I discovered one more area that has the old City Light and Power poles that were in an inner city park called Packard Park. With the poles being in a city park it would only have the City Light and Power lines, whereas in the neighborhoods it would of been both City Light and Power (CL&P) and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). On March 1, 1975 all CL&P lines were leased to I&M for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne. In this park there were eight old poles that had ball diamond lighting and one intermediate pole without the lights. All eight poles with the lighting had an old transformer, box cutout, lightning arrester, and the typical glass insulator for the one wire. This shot shows a close up of an old GE transformer, box cutout, and two CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulators. This pole also had the lighting on top for the ball diamond. This shot shows the same pole in a wide angle shot showing the ball diamond lighting. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/22620221

Packard Park, Fort Wayne While driving around Fort Wayne this winter I discovered one more area that has the old City Light and Power poles that were in an inner city park called Packard Park. With the poles being in a city park it would only have the City Light and Power lines, whereas in the neighborhoods it would of been both City Light and Power (CL&P) and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M). On March 1, 1975 all CL&P lines were leased to I&M for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne. In this park there were eight old poles that had ball diamond lighting and one intermediate pole without the lights. All eight poles with the lighting had an old transformer, box cutout, lightning arrester, and the typical glass insulator for the one wire. This shot shows a wide angle shot showing the ball diamond lighting with an old GE transformer, box cutout, and two CD 218 Hemingray-660 glass insulators. This shot shows a close up of the same pole. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/22620223

Here is the other side or early morning shot of my previous photo of the two old cast iron Westinghouse transformers. www.ipernity.com/doc/314471/20989245

A shot of an old City Light and Power, Indiana Michigan Power utility pole in the neighborhood of Spy Run in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Small sections of Spy Run and sections of Northside are the last two neighborhoods in Fort Wayne to have some of the old CL&P/I&M poles still up in service. This shot shows an old transformer bank with the two outside ones being very old cast iron Westinghouse transformers. The glass insulator is a CD 272 Whitall Tatum 511A. I waited over two months to get perfect lighting on this shot. Not only was I bless with the nice late evening light but also with nearly a full moon. Before March 1, 1975 the top two crossarms would of been I&M while the bottom one along with the secondary lines with the spool insulators CL&P. After that date, I&M leased from CL&P for 35 years until on February 28, 2010, I&M would eventually become the exclusive electric service provider for Fort Wayne.