Stobie pole
Videos
A Stobie pole is a power line pole made of two steel I-beams, joined by tie-bolts, and held apart by a slab of concrete. It was invented by Adelaide Electric Supply Company engineer James Cyril Stobie
Original 1924 Stobie pole (left) next to a modern Stobie pole (right) at the Angle Park manufacturing plant
Stobie pole in an Adelaide suburb
Original Patent Application
1937 imprint
Oppenheimer pole
Videos
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
Stobie pole
…community groups, artists, and primary and high schools, which have painted murals or installed mosaics on Stobie poles located outside their premises. Oppenheimer pole, a galvanised steel pole made in three telescopic sections for easy transport during the construction of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line in 1872…
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