While the pole is more likely than not atelegraphpole, the allegory demonstrates the fascination with electricity that was re-ected in the capital's lighting projects.
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I have seen one such accident where a car became out of control at speed and crashed sideways into atelegraphpole.
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Fortunately, it was saved by atelegraphpole, preventing serious injury to any of the children.
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Everytelegraphpolemight become a small hoarding.
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I suppose that the car could have atelegraphpoletied to it, or be tied to a lampost.
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You cannot use any kind oftelegraphpolein this country, because of the climatic conditions.
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Complaint is made of telegraph poles by the roadside, and in reply it is said that atelegraphpolecannot possibly hit anyone.
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The days when notices were stuck 30 ft up atelegraphpoleshould be at an end.
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As for trespass, who is going to be caught up atelegraphpolefixing a very small "bug" to a line?
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What was she riddling it with—atelegraphpole?
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Then she was taken outside into the street, which was only a few yards from her home, and tied to atelegraphpole.
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It is not much fun having to climb up atelegraphpolefrom which someone has fallen to find out if there was good reason why he fell.
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It was not a success, and crashed into atelegraphpolewithin the year it was built.
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To harden their muscles, trainees are made to carry atelegraphpolefor two days, at a rate of 20 km daily.
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A typical site is between 2 and 20 metres above the ground in a tree or sometimes on atelegraphpoleor pylon.
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