AstroElectric's photos with the keyword: CT

This pole looks like it was installed as of 2014 and maybe close to the summer, since Bing Map had a massive update. But I'm wondering if it was before or after CL&P's current specs... Though I always love the sight of a brand new pole with wooden crossarms and V-braces. Even though I'm sure CL&P is strictly going the fiberglass route and probably indefinitely, but I'm supposing sometimes they'll use their previous specs? Only time will tell... : / Kudos to CL&P and a lot of other utilities that recycle the street light brackets/masts! Source: Bing Maps

Nice classic 1970's CL&P "flat-top" construction with 15kV sky-glaze porcelain. I still like Hendrix polymer insulators but not as much as before they've become WAY overused and the rather generic post-1980's/90's CL&P constructions appeared all over the grid. Source: Bing Maps

Typical 1990's-early 2010's CL&P specs, which has become very generic since countless lines in the past 10-20 years have been replaced with these (and the 8' crossarm equivalents), but I'd still gladly take this over fiberglass. Period. I believe this was taken in 2014, so I think CL&P still does on occasion or certain areas still use their previous specs, since they've begun (dreadfully) using fiberglass arms on everything. Also, I believe these poles are using the newest Hendrix insulators, which seem to look like a cross between the typical 15-35kV polymer insulators and porcelain skirted insulators. Source: Bing Maps

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... :'(