Telegraph Pole No2, M Series (Hornby Series)
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Telegraph Pole No2, M Series (Hornby Series)Hornby "M Series" Telegraph Pole No.2, 1935 catalogue illustration (i) |
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Arch Four , Area 37 Hornby Wall (display) |
Shelf 2 |
A blue and white striped Hornby Series M Series Telegraph Pole No.2 from the mid-1930s.
The telegraph pole is an upright girderlike "H" cross-section pole made from folded tinplate, white with six broad blue bands, holding up two horizontal telegraph cable support crosspieces, with a round black base. The blue bands produce a 50% blue-and-white banding.
The horizontals are white on one side and black on the other.