Pole
Description
A long rounded hardwood pole fitted with a heavy 'u' shaped piece of metal at one end. A round metal rod is inserted horizontally into the shaft near the base. Two labels have been handwritten on coroflute and nailed to the shaft. One reads "For Putting Up Power Poles NPCC " and the other reads " Early Power Pole Lifter / before the Days of Cranes / Manpower / only. "
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This
pole,
thought
to
have
been
originally
used
by
the
New
Plymouth
City
Council
workers
to
manually
erect
power
poles,
was
part
of
the
large
and
varied
collection
of
New
Plymouth
man
Tom
Clow,
and
were
on
open
display
in
his
garage
at
67
Mill
Road
New
Plymouth
until
it
was
donated
to
Puke
Ariki
in
2012.
Accession number
PA2012.023
Collection type
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