utility box
Streetside equipment housing
A utility box is a metal cabinet mounted on a pole or the ground, housing electrical equipment, telecommunications connections, or traffic signal controls.
These boxes appear throughout urban and suburban areas, often painted gray or green to blend in: The city commissioned artists to paint murals on utility boxes.
Also called a junction box or service box depending on its specific function.
- junctionPoint where things meet
- electricalInvolving conducted current
- electrical gridSystem transmitting electricity regionally
- panelDistinct flat section
- meterDevice that measures usage
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- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, water line, gas service, gas
- utility hardwarewater meter, gas meter, electric meter, circuit breaker, transformer
- electrical boxesservice panel, subpanel
- suburbiasuburb, suburbs, suburbia, burbs, subdivision
- suburbssuburb, subdivision, bedroom community, commuter town, suburban sprawl
utility boxdecorative object
Item for visual enhancement
ornament · sculpture · art installation · garden ornament · objet d'art
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