[Leica] Tuesday Trees

[Jim Nichols]

We have fiber optic cables on our poles, which are shared by AT&T and 
the local power company.  When fiber splices are required, a splice lab 
on wheels is brought in and the splicing is done on the ground.  When it 
is finished, the extra loop of cable is tied off along the cable run.  
If you look at fiber distribution lines, you will frequently see these 
large-radius bends scattered along the system.

On 10/6/20 11:47 AM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> Then there's the other communications use for telephone poles . . .
>
> https://www.sonc.com/pierced.htm
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>
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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> 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.
>>>>>
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>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
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Jim Nichols
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