3744 x 5616 px | 31,7 x 47,5 cm | 12,5 x 18,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. März 2015
Ort:
Nottinghamshire
Weitere Informationen:
There is no reason why a properly treated pole shouldn't last 100 years. We know of one that was "planted" in 1908 and is still not even classed as decayed. They are tested first at 12 years from new then on a 10 year rolling cycle of inspection. The inspection is often scurrilously described as the pole being whacked with a hammer and the inspector listening for the dull thud of rot. However, proper inspection requires a sample boring remote from the ground line. Since 1964 telegraph poles have been affixed with a testing cycle sign (see left). This one was last tested in August 2006, test cycle G. B.T. Openreach. NOT the Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society. We just admire them. So if a pole near you has fallen down, or something has dropped off one onto your car windscreen then it is nothing to do with us. The Orkney Isles are the source of most of the UK's telegraph poles. Telegraph Pole Farming is a mainstay of the economy in these harsh northern isles. The posts seen here are nearly ready for harvesting. Every autumn, migrant workers from Eastern Europe work night and day picking only the tallest, creosotey poles with the most succulent insulator fruit. For those of you who simply cannot get enough Telegraph Pole Appreciation Society news, we are making available a collection of the printed version of our newsletter. These contain essentially the same telegraph pole related items of the website, only laid out slightly differently and arguably with fewer spelling mistakes. Download them below. There is an order to these, but we can't remember what it is.
