Mar 1, 2013
The insane mess of telephone wires over New York in the 1880′s [3 pictures]
These photos of a morass of telephone wires in New York City were taken in 1887 and 88, only a little more than 10 years after the telephone was first patented…
(via Library of Congress, Vintage Everyday, Retronaut)
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Amazing, isn’t it! If you ever travel to third world countries, you’ll see the same thing today. It’s a bit frightening.
Pretty sure that’s Spiderman’s web, but nice try, Abraham.
And back then few people had phones. Nowadays one fibre optic cable can do all that several times.