January 31, 2021
A World of Words and Wires Updated Jan 31, 2021; Posted Jan 31, 2021 Clinton Square, circa 1900. Wires abound in this photograph of a city at the dawn of a new century. By 1909, when the cityยs 3 major telegraph/telephone companies merged, they had removed an estimated 2,636 poles, with 4,600 cross arms, and 775 miles of copper wire from the city streets. Photo courtesy of Onondaga Historical Association. Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of History, Onondaga Historical Association...