utility poles
Roadside wooden towers
Utility poles are tall wooden, metal, or concrete posts that support overhead power lines, telephone cables, and other infrastructure along roads and streets.
Also called telephone poles or power poles, they form the backbone of above-ground electrical and communication networks: The storm knocked down utility poles across three counties.
- power linesElevated electrical conductors
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- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- telecommunicationscell phone, cellphone, signals, cellular network, telephone calls
- forest productslumber, timber, plywood sheets, hardwood, softwood
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- town infrastructureroads, streets, sidewalks, bridges, sewers
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, water line, gas service, gas
utility polestransmission towers
Structures supporting electrical cables
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