Judging by what I have seen in Dandenong Rd and PallMall in Bendigo the centre poles seem to last about 100 years.
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> On 9 Jul 2019, at 4:22 pm, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder tramsdownunder@...> wrote:
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> You could ask Melbourne.
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> During my time on the job, somewhere around 1990 one of the steel poles on Princes Bridge got tired of standing up straight.
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> I don’t think it fell to the ground, but certainly intervention was needed, and of course it chose the ideal time to get tired - about 5pm on a weekday.
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> Nevertheless the service continued past.
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> Regards,
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> On 9 Jul 2019, at 2:49 pm, Andrew Cook d3619@...> wrote:
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> Cancer of the poles? That wouldn't be the result of electrolysis by any chance would it?
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> Cheers,
> Andrew Cook
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> Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Fwd: New Orleans, LA: New Orleans RTA closes streetcar line for catenary work
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> 2 months to replace 15 poles!
> Greg
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> New Orleans RTA closes streetcar line for catenary work
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