telegraph pole

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Peter says common causes of such sounds can be something as minor as a mains hum in the home, a neighbour's hot tub, a transformer on a telegraph pole or industrial premises.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2022

Other heights to which Rebecca ascended included a telegraph pole and a tree near the Metropolitan Club in Washington; getting down required firefighters’ help, according to the Billings Weekly Gazette.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2019

Notices stuck to a telegraph pole advertised an upcoming raffle, a talk about Lord Byron, and the campaign to save the school, which is a hundred and eighteen years old.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2018

On a recent stag weekend in Hamburg, Kit witnessed a stag – dressed in a hamburger outfit – climbing a telegraph pole.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2018

A telegraph pole at the corner held Fire Alarm Box No. 2475.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson