Ice Halts Train Traffic--Workmen with poles attempt to push telegraph poles, heavily weighted with ice, from over train tracks here today. Traffic over the line was halted until the poles could be pushed clear of the right-of-way. Two days of sleep and freezing rain caused extensive damage in this area to power and communication lines.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Ice Halts Train Traffic--Workmen with poles attempt to push telegraph poles, heavily weighted with ice, from over train tracks here today. Traffic over the line was halted until the poles could be pushed clear of the right-of-way. Two days of sleep and freezing rain caused extensive damage in this area to power and communication lines.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1949]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Weather: Ice: Wire Photos

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