When hiking the Cranberry Lake 50 last fall, my friend and I noticed the remains of a phone line that followed the trail between Cowhorn Pond and Olmstead Pond. Does anyone know what this phone line had been used for? What two locations did it connect? I'm guessing it maybe had something to do with private land and the camps on the south shore of Cranberry Lake, but it couldn't have been a primary means of communication for these camps, as it seems like it would've been easier to run a cable across the bottom of the lake. Perhaps it connected another camp, more remote, to the outside world?
The insulators were still quite visible, and a fair number of them were still attached to trees along the trail. We also found remains of the telephone wire itself along the trail, although it looked like it had been cut in numerous places.
I got some pictures of it:
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Picture 2
The insulators were still quite visible, and a fair number of them were still attached to trees along the trail. We also found remains of the telephone wire itself along the trail, although it looked like it had been cut in numerous places.
I got some pictures of it:
Picture 1
Picture 2
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