The Old Stockholm telephone tower (Swedish: Telefontornet ) was a metallic structure built to connect approximately 5,500 telephone lines in the Swedish capital of Stockholm. Constructed in 1887, the tower was damaged by a fire in 1952 and demolished the following year.
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View of a lineman working on power or telephone lines at an intersection in Pratt, Kansas, 1911
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A postcard of Broadway, north from Cortlandt and Maiden Lane, New York City, c. 1885–87.
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Power and telephone lines sagging after heavy ice storm.
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The railway station at Pearl Street, Boston, Massachusetts, after a hurricane in January 1881.
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On a telegraph building at Skeppsbron, Stockholm, 1895.
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Telephone pole line construction in New York, c. 1903
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Telephone wires on roof, Stockholm, Sweden, between 1890 and 1900.
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Yes, a reminder of elegant times when not everything was elegant. So much we have to be thankful for. Great photos, BTW. Very evocative.
Wow! I’ve seen those along railroad tracks and knew that each line represented a single long-distance line between cities (why long-distance rates were so high). Now, all that can fit in a single fiber-optic line (but long distance rates are STILL high)! lol Great photos though!
As long as we do not get involved in them, everything is fine. The photos, like all yours, are of major brand. Greetings.