AstroElectric's photos with the keyword: utility poles

Some older mid-1980's double-circuit composite line post poles in the background. In the foreground, you've got the steel double-circuit polymer yuk posts. I never cared for those polymer post steel poles. Many lines of them now plague lines that once featured pre-1966 older crossarms poles with suspensions or composite line post poles. New 69kV poles are completely steel now as of the late 1990's-early 2000's. Polymer posts have been a standard since between 1994-97.

I think this might be cedar? I've seen similar breeds of poles used with sub-transmission lines from the late-1960's / early 1970's which are grey. The most difficult ones I've had finding brandings.

A little tall this pole is, isn't it? : P But I wonder about the vintage it is but I reckon the 1950's-early 60's. I think it's cedar. I can't wait to check the poles of the 69 or 138kV line nearby with poles* similar to this. I also check for date nails but haven't found a single one in Eaton yet. *: Those long composite line post poles. There's a 69kV AND I believe a 138kV line in the vacinity. I'm going to check EVERY pole on the line along the street for brandings. Tough to find ANY markings on those types of poles but I'm sure there's something!

A comparison shot of good CL&P construction and... This actually makes me concerned about WMECo, NSTAR, and PSNH, I'm thinking this a CL&P stand-alone decision. I'm actually a bigger fan of UI at this point! However, who knows how long it'll take until they catch on. :( Also, it looks like Google updated (rather several years late in updating the lower res imagery from '07-'09...) a lot of imagery finally. Makes me curious on the other nearby utilities and any possible change of standards.

UGLY!!!

I've always loved those corner poles with those chained brown disks, which looks to have originally been 27.6kV? No longer standing as of this year. : (

This pole was replaced with the fiberglass arm junction pole. Certainly a happier looking pole to me!

APS bit the dust around 2000 when new crossarms were fiberglass and the poles steel. I'd take the APS recent 12kv armless construction poles (which at least looks more easy on the eye) over this garbage. >_>

This seriously hurts my eyes just looking at it, and personally I think I'd rather see them begin burying the lines than change a line into poles all like this. CL&P was my top favorite utility (particularly pre-1990's actually!) and except for the period pre-2014, I'm no longer a CL&P fan. : (

This is a former 27.6/13.8kV line. It's currently 13.8(*2)kV. One of the new UGLY fiberglass-crossarm CL&P poles. Is this the death of CL&P becoming nothing more than a typical "modernizing" utility? Either way it pains me to see this happen, because I really thought they were different... :'(

One of many sketches. I've drawn powerlines since I was around 6, which were more of chicken scratches for quite a while. But I did this a few years ago.