1927, Physical Society of London, Institution of Electrical Engineers,Science Abstracts,page45:
The estimated life of theStobie pole is forty-five years, without any maintenance but coating with bitumen at the ground line.
1985, Tad Sobolewski,Crossing the Bridges[1], page76:
He stood behind an old and dilapidatedStobie pole and eyed me and my pushbike.
1993, Patti Walkuski, David Harris,No Bed Of Roses: Memoirs of a Madam,page243:
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 astobie pole.
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 aStobie pole after its designer.Stobie poles have been a distinguishing feature of the South Australian landscape for many decades.
^2002, R. W. Linn, "Stobie, James Cyril (1895–1953)", entry inAustralian 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.
