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John Cole

September 07, 2017 09:43PM

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That would be a ground wire to help defuse a lightning strike. Hopefully Ed Trump will jump in with more information here. When we put in 30 telegraph poles in Chama, we added this wire to every third or fourth pole with about 6" sticking up above for some lightning protection.

Ed mentioned that you could find which pole or booth got hit because it would be a pile of ashes.....

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Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Linn W. Moedinger	September 07, 2017 09:10PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	John Cole	September 07, 2017 09:43PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Etrump	September 07, 2017 10:55PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Casey Akin	September 09, 2017 11:35PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Rader Sidetrack	September 10, 2017 08:16AM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Etrump	September 12, 2017 04:23PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Linn W. Moedinger	September 12, 2017 02:36PM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	John Cole	September 13, 2017 12:00AM
Re: Telegraph C&S Alpine west side	Etrump	September 14, 2017 05:06PM

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