Oppenheimer pole
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Oppenheimer poles are galvanised iron telegraph poles. They consist of three oval sections that collapse into each other telescope-style for transportation. Once extended, the joints between the secti
Telegraph lines on an Oppenheimer pole outside the historic Alice Springs Telegraph Station on the former Australian Overland Telegraph Line
Repurposed Oppenheimer poles, William Creek Hotel, South Australia
Australia was a relatively early adopter of electrical telegraph technology in the middle of the nineteenth century, despite its low population densities and the difficult conditions sometimes encount
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
Planting the first pole on the Overland Telegraph line to Carpentaria
A telegram slip from Binalong telegraph office from February 1901
NSW Telegraph Routes (in blue) October 1885