What to do when you’ve invented telephony but not multiplexing yet? Just ruin the landscape 🤷🏻♂️
Photos from the Days When Thousands of Cables Crowded the Skies
Before most cables ran underground, all electrical, telephone and telegraph wires were suspended from high poles, creating strange and crowded streetscapes. Here are some typical views of late-19th century Boston, New York, Stockholm, and other wire-filled cities.
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