We had an email from Jo from Hotmail. I can’t say “recently” as it was ages ago – we move in geological timescales here at Telegraph Pole Towers. Anyway, she asks :
Hi,
Can you tell me are there any differences between Irish telegrah poles and English ones?
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, photos also would be fab.
Many thanks
Jo
Always happy to oblige Jo, but I can’t demonstrate with an English pole as I haven’t been abroad for years, so I’ll use a very similar Welsh pole instead.
The telegraph pole*1 on the left is from a field in Denbighshire, North Wales, near England. Whilst the one on the right is from the middle of nowhere, near Castleblayney in Eire.
As you can see, telegraph poles perform a similiar wire-levitating function in both countries so it’s perhaps no surprise that they are identical in every way. With one tiny exception though. Our poles tend to reach right down to ground level whereas the Irish ones don’t.
I do hope that helps.
*1 Yes, I know it’s actually an electricity transmission pole – please see disclaimer