{"id":25773,"date":"2019-02-04T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25773"},"modified":"2019-02-04T12:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T12:24:40","slug":"in-pictures-old-liverpool-overhead-support-poles-still-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25773","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Old Liverpool overhead support poles still in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we reported on the last remaining overhead support poles in Liverpool which are set to be removed during 2019. Now in sole use for street lighting an upgrade of this equipment will necessitate the removal of these remarkable survivors \u2013 still in place over 60 years since the last trams ran in the city. Dave Jones captured the below images for posterity.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25774\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25774\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25774\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25774\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25774\" title=\"1.poles-dj\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.poles-dj-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.poles-dj-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.poles-dj-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.poles-dj.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A general view of various poles still in place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25775\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25775\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25775\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25775\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25775\" title=\"2.poles-dj\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.poles-dj-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.poles-dj-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.poles-dj-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.poles-dj.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of some of the poles. The second pole in still seems to have its finial in place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25776\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25776\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25776\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25776\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25776\" title=\"3.poles-dj\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3.poles-dj-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3.poles-dj-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3.poles-dj-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/3.poles-dj.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down the road we see a line of poles in situ \u2013 but for how much longer will this be part of the Liverpool streetscape? (All Photographs by Dave Jones, 24th January 2019)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we reported on the last remaining overhead support poles in Liverpool which are set to be removed during 2019. Now in sole use for street lighting an upgrade of this equipment will necessitate the removal of these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25773\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25773"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25882,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773\/revisions\/25882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}