Favrioncake to Ask [email protected]English • 2 years agoWhat do you call this place?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1264
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•2 years agoSimilarly, in the US we have “telephone poles” to carry residential power lines, even if there are no telecom wires on them.
minus-squareGONADS125linkfedilink6•2 years agoI call them that sometimes, but mostly just “power lines.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years 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.
Similarly, in the US we have “telephone poles” to carry residential power lines, even if there are no telecom wires on them.
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.