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This is a childhood pole of mine. A typical, classic CL&P circuit breaker pole from anywhere between the 1970's-80's, after when the whole area converted from around 4800V Δ to 13.8kV Y between 1968-73. Going by the FERC reports. There was originally only chicken-wing bracket construction between this pole prior to the later upgrades during the 1990's. There is some Hendrix vise-top yuk. If it's original then this pole dates to the 1980's-early 1990's. Otherwise it would have had 15kV-rated porcelain gray insulators (likely non radio-top). You got some nice Joslyn pellet porcelain arresters. Don't see those being put up anymore, sadly. The streetlight looks original too but not sure. Much nicer than the ugly LED fixtures they put up nowadays! While this Bing Maps shot is from 2014, this was still up as of 2016 when I last visited. I THINK I have a shot or more of this pole in better quality but this isn't too shabby for Bing Maps. Credits: Bing Maps

HEPCO (Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario), now part of Hydro-One. This pole is part of a heavy-duty "wishbone" line that goes for several miles and besides most of the insulators being replacements, remains mostly unmolested for the most part. This line might've been rebuilt at least once or so. There's another "wishbone" line w/o the underbuild that runs parallel across the road. 69kV for the transmission overbuild. The underbuild seems around 7,200V. Converted to Y at some point from assumed Δ. Note the glass pin-top on the left wire (converted to neutral). src: G00gle Maps

No fiberglass, braceless crossarms, or poly yuks here! Good old classic CL&P with wood, steel, and porcelain from the 1950's-70's era with plenty of mud. Might've been 4800V delta at one time. Source: google maps

A rebuilt former sub-transmission line pole I think with the old iron braces. The pole has single-phase riser. You can also see the remainder of the old secondary rack below with two unused brown insulator spools.

This construction could be from 1966-1980, which despite the spread of "sky glaze" insulators during that period, dark brown porcelain insulators were still used quite often.

Source: Google

Another 1970's CL&P construction with a wide wooden brace. This tap setup appears to have been for two-wire 4.8kV until they converted it into single-phase 8kV. Source: Google

I love this 1970's stuff! Source: Google

Classic 1970's CL&P with 15kV-rated A.B. Chance "radio-free" insulators. U.S. 7 nearby I remember had poles of this specification until the complete rebuild. Source: Google

The single-phase tap line here is 7,620V WYE. Note the old spool bracket with only the neutral wire being used now. Source: Google

Classic typical 1970's CL&P slackspan crossarm construction with Chance "sky glaze" radio source: Google

Here's a line of "updated" chicken wing bracket poles installed somewhere between 1980-86. Mostly unchanged! Source: Google Maps

Source: Google Maps