Print, Photographic

Photograph. Black and white photo that shows a wooden utility pole being set. A mobile crane is parked on a road and is setting a utility pole that is located adjacent to a ditch at the base of an embankment. Two pickup trucks are parked nearby on the road. Three workmen are standing at the base of the pole while four other workmen are standing by the crane. A crane operator is seated in the crane cab. The project site is located in a rural area as indicated by the farm buildings in the background. The embankment is covered with field grass and melting snow. A typewritten note on the verso shows "Mobile cranes with booms up to 75 feet long aided Detroit Edison line crews in installation of replacement poles. There were more than 1,500 poles down or broken in the Thumb area. Detroit Edison, Public Affairs Department, 2000 Second Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226, (313) 237-8850."