John Lazenby
Workers from the Littleton, Mass., Electric Department, Vance Line Construction of West Danville, and Washington Electric Co-op put downed power lines back together off Cummings Road in East Montpelier on Dec. 29. The line destruction there was in some ways a microcosm of the worst damage WEC’s lines suffered from the Dec. 23–24 storm because it involved poles that were shattered by falling trees and branches and had to be replaced with new ones. The holes where the original poles stood had to be re-dug, new poles installed and squared up, power lines spliced back together, and hardware transferred from the old poles to the new ones once they were up and straight. Multiply that process by the miles of lines around central Vermont to get an idea of the work needed to restore power.
All photos by John Lazenby. A gallery of photos of the line work is at lazenbyphoto.com/winter-storm-elliott-picking-up-the-pieces
