Favrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat do you call this place?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1269file-text
arrow-up1269imageWhat do you call this place?lemmy.worldFavrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square94fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGONADS125@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI call them that sometimes, but mostly just “power lines.”
minus-squaretyrefyre@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBut what do you call the actual wooden pole that holds the power lines? Like if someone hit the pole how would you describe it?
minus-squareGONADS125@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSometimes telephone pole, sometimes utility pole.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoUtility poles. Could carry electricity and/or telephone and/or cable tv. In some places it may be home to street lights, sirens, emergency signals, fiber optic cables & junctions/splitters, or other infrastructure.
I call them that sometimes, but mostly just “power lines.”
But what do you call the actual wooden pole that holds the power lines? Like if someone hit the pole how would you describe it?
Sometimes telephone pole, sometimes utility pole.
Utility poles. Could carry electricity and/or telephone and/or cable tv. In some places it may be home to street lights, sirens, emergency signals, fiber optic cables & junctions/splitters, or other infrastructure.