Talk:Utility pole

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It is funny about the piece about Eastern Europe and Russia. Having lived in the Czech Republic for many years, a country considered by some to be in Eastern Europe, and also in the United States, I can say that I have without a doubt seen more utility poles in the latter than in the former. Especially the comment about them being found in urban areas struck me as particularly funny, since I have never seen a telephone pole in any European city, whereas in the US, even in a city such as Chicago, there are streets lined with utility poles. It seems to me that age and a sense of aesthetic, which Europe has and the US famously lacks, has a bit to do with it: in Europe utility poles are buried where possible, in the US they are not. Why wouldn't someone research this and put it up there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.23.32 (talk) 17:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Do we still need the other Telegraph Post entry?

how about when were telephone poles created? i bet there was alot of contraversy

[edit] Size and dimension of Utility Poles?

I would like to know the basic dimensions of different poles.

I can not tell how tall they are... for different purposes.

I would like to scale model them with realistic dimensions for a diarama

When was the telephone pole invented?

• Why are poles next to railroad tracks much shorter than other poles?*

How to calculate the hight of the pole and conductor hight from ground for 110kv,11Kv

Each utility has standards for height and class (strength) for poles, depending on the span, the weight of conductors, the voltage level, the allowable ground clearance between poles, and whether it is a line pole, a corner pole or a deadend pole.Edison 20:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new image available

Image:Utility pole transformers.jpg I'm not sure it's any better than what's there now.. but I just wanted to let folks know it exists. The top of this pole is about 20 feet from my front porch and would be happy to model for closeups of pole features.. ;-) --Versageek 19:42, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Height of Telephone pole

To find height of a Telephone pole in the US, simply locate a manufacture tag, located 6-7 feet up the pole, next to the Utility number tag. According to the AWPA standards, all piles, and poles shall have these brands. An example Tag, goes something like this:

TAYLOR TREATING

  3-1994-45
     DFP

SHERIDAN OREGON

Translation: Taylor Treating is the manufacturer. Sheridan Oregon, the location. 1994, the date of piling, and treatment. DFP, indicates this is a Douglas-Fir pole. "3", indicates the utility class of pole. "45" represents the height of pole.

The general rule is, a pole 40 ft tall is set 6 feet in the ground, and a pole 45 feet set 6.5 feet in the ground, etc. This then indicates this pole is 38 feet 6 inches above ground level, and another 6-8 inches to the transformer connection. Thus 39-feet overall height above ground level.--71.222.59.133 04:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)