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In July 1924 engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953) [1] submitted the patent application for his pole design in both English and French. It was accepted in November 1925. Stobie described his invention as...an improved pole adopted to be used for very many purposes, but particularly for carrying electric cables, telegraph wires...
Stobie may refer to: Stobie pole, a kind of power pole common in South Australia; Adam Stobie, Scottish prisoner in the 17th century; James Stobie, 18th century factor to John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl; William Stobie (1950–2001), Ulster Defence Association (UDA) quartermaster and RUC Special Branch informer
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The Stobie pole was invented in 1924 by James Cyril Stobie of the Adelaide Electric Supply Company and first used in South Terrace, Adelaide. [16] One of the early Bell System lines was the Washington DC–Norfolk line which was, for the most part, square-sawn tapered poles of yellow pine probably treated to refusal with creosote.
She also had a son, James Stobie Jr., of Victoria, British Columbia, four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren at the time of her death. Strike died, aged 108, at Camp Hill Veterans Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was one among 46,000 people to receive the Jubilee medal in February 2003. [3]
Donald Marshall Jr. Murder of Sandy Seale Sydney, Nova Scotia: Life imprisonment 11 years Yes Donald Marshall Jr. and Sandy Seale, then both 17 years old, had been walking around Wentworth Park in Sydney, Nova Scotia during the late evening with the intent to "roll a drunk" as stated at Marshall's trial. They confronted an older man they ...
James Stobie was the factor to John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl, in the late 18th century. He is best known for designing the layout of Perthshire villages on the bequest of the Murray. In 1784, he designed the village of Stanley [ 1 ] and in 1786 he designed the layout of Pitcairngreen .