Remember "The Good Old Days"

Last Up date: 2007 November 9
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Site started on 2005-June-23

Telephone pole Niles Canyon

I thought it would be sort of interesting to have a place for thoughts and notes about the good old days.

For starts lets think about how things were in 1901. And here is a bit about problems of 2006 August.

How many of you recognize this "funny" pole, and what was it used for? I remember when these were along almost every highway from coast to coast.

Even more: What replaced it?

Click on the photo to see a photo and get more of the story.



Aircraft Beacon Palo Alto, CA

The tower with sloping legs, near the center of the photo, is one of the old Aircraft Beacon Lights. These lights were the first navigation aids for flight.

On March ?? 2005, a friend and I hiked up to see if we could find this one. He found it on an old ? 1940's ? aviation map. Obviously, we found it. Fortunately, it is still standing. Most have been used for scrap metal. Unfortunately, this one is simply a support for many different radio antenna.

Click on the photo to see a couple more photos of our hike.

You can get more details of the old aircraft beacons here.


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