Favrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前What do you call this place?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkWhat do you call this place?lemmy.worldFavrion@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGONADS125@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 年前I call them that sometimes, but mostly just “power lines.”
minus-squaretyrefyre@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 年前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?
minus-squareGONADS125@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前Sometimes telephone pole, sometimes utility pole.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 年前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.
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.