Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1898 — Granite Telegraph Poles. [ARTICLE]

Granite Telegraph Poles.

Quite a list of materials have beeii ! used for telegraph poles, but the idea j o f s+one for this purpose will be new .. in t , <q ’e. Tt • nevertheless ° fact that u.c ’ e-si i< -• between M’ Ui and Switzerland, ov - ay of the Sim-! plon pass, pass ovei J telegraph line j with stone poles. This line runs along the fine military road which skirts the west side of Lake Maggiore. The poles are of gray granite, and average about ten inches square and 25 feet high. They are in use lor a distance of 30 or 40 miles.