Stobie pole

stobie pole English thumb|right|Stobie poles Alternative forms en stobie pole Etymology From en Stobie surname + en pole, after the inventor, James Cyril Stobie.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. Noun en Australia chiefly South Australia A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists. en 1927 Physical Society of London, Institution of Electrical Engineers Science Abstracts http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vStMAAAAMAAJ&q=%22stobie+pole%22&dq=%22stobie+pole%22&hl=en&ei=4DbPTqevDYOimQW16N29DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y 45 The estimated life of the Stobie pole is forty-five years, without any maintenance but coating with bitumen at the ground line. en 1985 Tad Sobolewski Crossing the Bridges 76 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qtw8AAAAIAAJ&q=%22stobie+pole%22&dq=%22stobie+pole%22&hl=en&ei=sG_PTofEHNGtiQf48-m9Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y He stood behind an old and dilapidated Stobie pole and eyed me and my pushbike. en 1993 Patti Walkuski; David Harris No Bed Of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam http://books.google.com.au/books?id=P_Y5OaizWREC&pg=PA243&dq=%22stobie+pole%22&hl=en&ei=bVPPTpr1MOP1mAWKhM3aDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22stobie%20pole%22&f=false 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. en 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 en eponyms