AstroElectric's photos with the keyword: DP&L

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 well-designed alley arm replacing a nice 1950's pole with shifted insulator arrangement. I managed to get this in time before the line was continued to be worked on!

This replacement occurred during the late week of July and August of this year. It's turned into a nice well-designed double wooden crossarm slack span pole. The previous pole is of typical 1970's DP&L. DP&L still uses brace-clamped crossarms sometimes but it's nice seeing they still treat double crossarm constructions the right way!

1950's-60's era DP&L!

These shorter arms aren't as common in DP&L's territory as the 8' ones. The center phases looks to have been added at a later time. Nice classic slack span otherwise!

A nice late 1950's DP&L pole. When inspecting a branding, many times the most difficult section to read is the year, unlike the brand name or the height. But the pole read: SWP 1959 SPC Class 4 40'.