Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then there's the other communications use for telephone poles . . . https://www.sonc.com/pierced.htm Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:44 AM Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > In some cases, old climbing skills are still important. I imagine > splicing phone wires still requires getting close. I've seen linemen set > up tented structures pole-top. > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 11:03 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> For the most part telephone/utility poles will not have so many spike >> marks >> going forward. The utilities I am acquainted with all use lift trucks. >> In >> fact, the caravans of utility trucks moving south to respond to the recent >> hurricane damage in Mississippi and Louisiana all had lift trucks. So the >> lineman going up with spikes and a belt is getting to be pretty rare. As >> a >> side note you can sort of date poles by the use of creosote as a >> preservative, the new poles don't have it and haven't for 15 years? >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 7:31 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> > Nice observations, Don. I like the utility pole and the palm tree >> > detail best. To follow up on the utility pole theme, here is one from >> > around 1957 that contains the bane of the lineman's existence, nails. A >> > new pole has been placed alongside it, but the lower part remains. It >> > has obviously seen more spikes than yours. >> > >> > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190824-P8240017.JPG.html >> > >> > On 10/6/20 6:35 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: >> > > Greetings to all. These images were all from a walk around the block >> > > examining Halloween decorations and finding trees as well. Typically >> > these >> > > are all detail images. The first is a tree trunk from 1984 repurposed >> > to a >> > > telephone pole as identified by the ID tag and information stamped on >> the >> > > trunk: >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/AT_amp_T.jpg.html >> > > >> > > I have always been fascinated by Palm trees so a detail look at one: >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Palm+trunk+I.jpg.html >> > > >> > > This is about symmetry or not, an old injury on a relatively young >> tree: >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/old+injury.jpg.html >> > > >> > > LIkewise, I have always liked the trunks of crepe myrtles: >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Crepe+Myrtle+figure+study.jpg.html >> > > >> > > Last for today is an oak tree with multiple burles: >> > > >> > > >> > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/burls.jpg.html >> > > >> > > All the best. >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >> > -- >> > Jim Nichols >> > Tullahoma, TN USA >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> Don >> don.dory at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >