Richland Center, Wi | John Burns - 3/12/2026 10:54
Interesting that during rural electrification in our area only one wire supplied electric on the poles and I presume electric to the house. The circuit was completed via the actual ground.
The idea at the time was considering costs. Only a single wire and single glass insulator per pole.
Someone correct me if I am wrong. But early in my farming career I took down some old rural electrification lines and only took down a single wire. That was the explanation I remember anyway.
Cost a bigger consideration over safety? And I would have to presume only 110 volts to the house, not 220.
Cost and savings for the war effort. Here in the unglaciated part of SW Wisconsin, the shortest path was taken during rural electrification. It did not matter what kind of hills they were going up or down-just the shortest path. Now utilities are changing things so the lines are closer to roads for easier access and repair. |
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