The American Lineman: Improving Safety for Linemen Today’s linemen must work on de-energized lines for many of the same reasons as the pioneers—repair storm damage, upgrade existing lines, install new lines adjacent to energized lines, etc Effective personal protective grounding is a challenge for today’s linemen as adjacent lines are heavily loaded, there are more sources of energy to
The American Lineman: The Evolution of The Lineman’s Pole Climber The birth of the Linemen dates to the beginning of the telegraph in the 1840s when the first lines were installed on short wood poles In this period of infancy, linemen would typically ascend wood poles by shining them or by using rope or wooden ladders
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