A FIELD GUIDE TO THE ORGANIC UTILITY POLE
An Aid For Active Observation
This field guide is an explainer on the organic utility pole.
Providing information the history of the different systems that have grown on the pole since it was first introduced in the mid-1800s; the ways Poles can be identified through the tags and branding that live on the pole, the different types of trees that are used as poles, and the process from which a tree is transformed into a pole.
This guide is by no means an exhaustive explanation on all utility poles.
You will not finish this guide and walk away ready to climb a pole as a lineman.
The intention of this guide is to serve as an aid for active observation.
Click on the cover to download the PDF
This field guide is an explainer on the organic utility pole.
Providing information the history of the different systems that have grown on the pole since it was first introduced in the mid-1800s; the ways Poles can be identified through the tags and branding that live on the pole, the different types of trees that are used as poles, and the process from which a tree is transformed into a pole.
This guide is by no means an exhaustive explanation on all utility poles.
You will not finish this guide and walk away ready to climb a pole as a lineman.
The intention of this guide is to serve as an aid for active observation.
Click on the cover to download the PDF