Signal Pole - Maylands, Western Australia
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blingg
S 31° 55.690 E 115° 53.541
50J E 395292 N 6466991
A plaque on a telegraph pole
Waymark Code: WMT9HM
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/19/2016
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A plaque on a remaining railways telegraph pole that carried signals between stations on the rail network in the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries.
The wording on the plaque :-
"SIGNAL POLE
c1900
These poles carried signal wires
for communications between stations
Throughout the railways network from
when it was first established in the 1880's"
Age/Event Date: c1900, 1880's
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only
Type of Historic Marker if other: Not listed
Related Website: Not listed
Historic Resources.: Not listed
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