Pole carrying telephone, electricity and Cable TV equipment. Two pairs of shoes can be seen hanging from wires.

A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telephone network equipment is situated. Similar poles are often used for electricity cables (with pylons being used for only the higher voltage applications) and frequently a pole will share both power and communications lines. Download high resolution version (576x768, 92 KB)Photograph of a heavily wired telephone and power pole in Wellington, New Zealand. ... Download high resolution version (576x768, 92 KB)Photograph of a heavily wired telephone and power pole in Wellington, New Zealand. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ... For pylons of overhead lines, see Electricity pylon Pylon Noun from Greek πυλώνας gateway tower like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high voltage electricity cables. ...

Utility poles are usually wooden, but vary greatly from nation to nation. In some countries, for example the UK, poles have sets of brackets arranged in a standard pattern up the pole to act as foot holds for those working on the equipment or connections atop the pole.

The appearance of poles has changed with technology through the 20th Century, with for example the loss of the stereotypical but now redundant crossbeam used to mount rows of insulators. These more traditional poles can sometimes be seen unaltered beside non-electrified railways, or where no effort has been made to purposely remove crossbeams not in use. By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Insulators are materials which prevent the flow of heat (thermal insulators) or electric charge (electrical insulators). ...

However in the countries of Eastern Europe, in Russia and in countries of the third world, there are still many utility poles carrying bare wires mounted on insulators not only along railway lines, but also along roads and sometimes even in urban areas. Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe is an eastern region of Europe variably defined. ...

Today utility poles may hold much more than the uninsulated thin copper wire that they originally supported. Thicker cables holding many twisted pair lines, or even fibre-optic cable may run between poles. While simple analogue repeaters or other equipment has long been mounted against poles, often new digital equipment for multiplexing/demultiplexing or digital repeaters may now be seen. 25 Pair Color Code Chart 10BASE-T UTP Cable Twisted pair cabling is a common form of wiring in which two conductors are wound around each other for the purposes of cancelling out electromagnetic interference known as crosstalk. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ...

Throwing poles similar to utility poles is a traditional Scottish sport known as the caber toss. Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber. ...

British Telecom telegraph post markings

Markings on a BT post

British Telecom posts are usually marked with the following information: Image File history File links UK-BT-telegraph-post. ... Image File history File links UK-BT-telegraph-post. ... BT Group plc (which trades as just BT, and is commonly known by its former name, British Telecom) is the privatised former British state telecommunications operator. ...

• 'BT' - to mark it as a British Telecom UK Post
• a horizontal line marking 3 metres from the bottom of the post
• the pole length and size (eg. 9L implies a 9 metres long, light post)
• the year in which it was erected

BT Group plc (which trades as just BT, and is commonly known by its former name, British Telecom) is the privatised former British state telecommunications operator. ...

External links

• Lots of photographs
• Photographs of Various U.S. Utility Poles
• Hungarian Telephone Poles