Stobie pole

See also: stobie pole

English

Stobie poles

Alternative forms

stobie pole

Etymology

From Stobie (“surname”) + pole, after the inventor, James Cyril Stobie.[1]

Noun

Stobie pole (plural Stobie poles)

(Australia, chiefly South Australia) A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists.
- 1927, Physical Society of London, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Science Abstracts, page 45,
  The estimated life of the Stobie pole is forty-five years, without any maintenance but coating with bitumen at the ground line.
- 1985, Tad Sobolewski, Crossing the Bridges‎, page 76:
  He stood behind an old and dilapidated Stobie pole and eyed me and my pushbike.
- 1993, Patti Walkuski, David Harris, No Bed Of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam, page 243,
  Pepe, at ten years old, had just stolen his first car, a blue VW parked up the street. He was too small to reach the brake pedal and pranged it into a stobie pole.
- 2008, Graeme Dandy, David Walker, Trevor Daniell, Robert Warner, Planning and Design of Engineering Systems, Second Edition, page 68,
  However, the lack of trees in South Australia severely constrained the use of timber and led to the early and widespread use of a steel-concrete composite pole, called a Stobie pole after its designer. Stobie poles have been a distinguishing feature of the South Australian landscape for many decades.

References

2002, R. W. Linn, "Stobie, James Cyril (1895–1953)", entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press — In 1924 Stobie invented the 'Stobie pole' to carry electricity cables and telegraph wires. It was constructed of two steel-I beams, held together by tie bolts; the space between them was filled with concrete. A.E.S.Co. paid him £500 for the patent rights.

[1] 2002, R. W. Linn, "Stobie, James Cyril (1895–1953)", entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press — In 1924 Stobie invented the 'Stobie pole' to carry electricity cables and telegraph wires. It was constructed of two steel-I beams, held together by tie bolts; the space between them was filled with concrete. A.E.S.Co. paid him £500 for the patent rights.

单词	Stobie pole
释义	Stobie pole See also: stobie pole English Stobie poles Alternative forms stobie pole Etymology From Stobie (“surname”) + pole, after the inventor, James Cyril Stobie.[1] Noun Stobie pole (plural Stobie poles) (Australia, chiefly South Australia) A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists. 1927, Physical Society of London, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Science Abstracts, page 45, The estimated life of the Stobie pole is forty-five years, without any maintenance but coating with bitumen at the ground line. 1985, Tad Sobolewski, Crossing the Bridges‎, page 76: He stood behind an old and dilapidated Stobie pole and eyed me and my pushbike. 1993, Patti Walkuski, David Harris, No Bed Of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam, page 243, Pepe, at ten years old, had just stolen his first car, a blue VW parked up the street. He was too small to reach the brake pedal and pranged it into a stobie pole. 2008, Graeme Dandy, David Walker, Trevor Daniell, Robert Warner, Planning and Design of Engineering Systems, Second Edition, page 68, However, the lack of trees in South Australia severely constrained the use of timber and led to the early and widespread use of a steel-concrete composite pole, called a Stobie pole after its designer. Stobie poles have been a distinguishing feature of the South Australian landscape for many decades. References 2002, R. W. Linn, "Stobie, James Cyril (1895–1953)", entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, Melbourne University Press — In 1924 Stobie invented the 'Stobie pole' to carry electricity cables and telegraph wires. It was constructed of two steel-I beams, held together by tie bolts; the space between them was filled with concrete. A.E.S.Co. paid him £500 for the patent rights.
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