telegraph pole
Roadside wooden column
A telegraph pole is a tall wooden post supporting overhead wires that carry electrical or telephone signals.
Though the telegraph itself is obsolete, the term persists for utility poles generally: Birds lined up on the telegraph pole.
Also called a telephone pole or utility pole.
Metallic electrical conductors
- transmissionSending of information
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
line · crossarm · insulator · messenger · network · connectivity · dispatch · semaphore
Vertical structural beam
- uprightVertical or morally sound
- mastVessel's sail support
- crossarmHorizontal pole-mounted beam
- pillarUpright architectural support
column · support · stanchion · framework · guy wire · bracket · footrest · base
Elevated electrical conductor
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
overhead lines · substation · transformer · voltage · current · conductor · insulator · circuit
Wood for construction
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- creosoteCoal-tar distillate for preservation
- treated woodChemically protected timber
lumber · grain · knots · weathered · tarred · splinter · rot-resistant · sawmill
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- Western UnionRemittance service company
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- transatlantic cableUnderwater intercontinental communication wire
- Samuel MorseTelegraph pioneer, code creator
Pony Express · industrial revolution · pioneering · heritage · vintage · antique · bygone · artifact
wires
Metallic electrical conductors
- transmissionSending of information
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
relay · line · crossarm · insulator · messenger · network · connectivity · dispatch · semaphore · stringing
post
Vertical structural beam
pillar · column · support · stanchion · framework · guy wire · bracket · footrest · base · anchor
powerline
Elevated electrical conductor
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
- distributionAllocation across recipients
utility · overhead lines · substation · transformer · voltage · current · conductor · insulator · circuit · energized
timber
Wood for construction
- pineCone-bearing evergreen
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- creosoteCoal-tar distillate for preservation
treated wood · lumber · grain · knots · weathered · tarred · splinter · rot-resistant · sawmill · felling
Victorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- Western UnionRemittance service company
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- transatlantic cableUnderwater intercontinental communication wire
Samuel Morse · Pony Express · industrial revolution · pioneering · heritage · vintage · antique · bygone · artifact · nostalgia
- posts and polesfence post, flagpole, lamp post, goal post, goalpost
- telegraphyMorse code, dots and dashes, Morse key, dit, dah
- telegraph eraSamuel Morse, morse code, Morse code, Western Union
- wired telecomlandline, phone line, phone cord, phone jack, fax
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
telegraph polecell tower
Wireless communication transmitter
satellite dish · fiber optic cable · wireless transmitter · radio mast · Wi-Fi router
pole, telephone, telegram, telegraph, telegraphs, telegraphic, telex, telegraphy, teletype