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Popularly called Telephone Poles, they are properly called Utility Poles because they carry not only telephone wires, but also electrical lines, television cables, fiber optic, and once carried telegraph lines. Like snowflakes, no two are alike. I find the diversity fascinating. Utility poles can have any number of cross arms and may not match the configuration of others in the same row. They can have no arms with just an insulator in the top or side, they can have one arm with an insulator on one end or both ends or with a third insulator on top of the pole. There can be one, two , three, four, five, or more cross arms on a pole. Sometimes some arms are rotated from the others and sometimes they cantilever off to one side. They are covered with insulators, amplifiers, transformers, tubes and pipes, boxes and gadgets, street lights and other lighting. Although not by company spec, they are sometimes covered with garage sale adds, lost pet announcements, and all manner or signage, staples, and nails. Connecting them to the ground are guy wires, and sometimes hoses. Between the poles, which may look completely different from the one on either side, are wires, lines, and cables. These also have a variety of accessories hanging off them. There are signal amplifiers, and switches, clamps, various objects to reduce swaying in the wind and increase visibility to aircraft, and a curious loop that I never understood. Then there are the various broken poles. Along back roads, I've seen broken poles no longer resting on the ground but hanging from the lines and cross bars with the poles completely missing. They clutter streets, line roads, cross fields. They are everywhere. They've ruined many a photo, so I decided to photograph the poles and wires themselves, thus making them the subject rather than an eyesore.
Kenneth A. Larson is a native of Los Angeles County, California. He has been exposing film for almost 30 years and has a large collection of images from the Los Angeles area. These images mostly include scenery and buildings, but also includes many other subjects. Ken worked for eighteen years as a Visual Effects Model Maker and now as a Set Designer. Ken has often designed and built scenery involving utility poles, telephone poles, electrical transmission towers. Ken has many quality photos of these objects as reference. Ken is making these stock images available for use at comparable prices for use in publications or graphic work. These images are not clip art and are copyright protected by Kenneth A. Larson, all rights reserved. These images are also available as art work for Interior Design. These images are not mass-produced and are available on an individual basis.
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