Wood poles have been a staple for utility connections since Samuel Morse first discovered their potential in the early 1840s.

In general, utility poles are made of four primary materials ... “It has been our experience in wood pole class equivalents that ductile iron is much more cost competitive than classic steel,” Hayslip ...

Because of this move to higher classes, a second problem emerges: wood supply. Wood utility poles can come from only certain tree types and heights. Suitable trees make up less than 10% of the ...

The Class 4 pole owes its ubiquity to dimensions matching many mature trees, Healey said. "That's how God grows trees," he said. "God doesn't grow a Class 2 pole." ...

Stella-Jones Corporation (SJC) a manufacturer and distributor of pressure-treated wood products including railroad ties, utility poles, residential lumber and industrial products, is a new customer of ...

As Tucson Electric Power replaces wooden utility poles with more durable steel structures, the obsolete husks of wood pop up in other spots around town. TEP spokesman Joseph Barrios said that in ...

The city of Grand Island is having its wooden utility poles inspected to make sure neighbors don’t have to call out “timber!” anytime soon. Workers from Osmose Utilities Services are ...

It supplies all the continent’s major electrical utilities and telecommunication companies with wood utility poles and North America’s Class 1, short line and commercial railroad operators ...