Many years ago, I suppose Central Hudson (the local power utility) drilled a hole into this shale bank, poured in some concrete, and planted an anchor for a pole guy rope.
Time passes…
Perhaps this is the result of putting a parking lot behind what’s now the Adriance Library’s Arlington Branch; the asphalt level is two feet below the base of that exposed concrete slug and extends rather close to it. I wonder if the excavators took away too much shale and erosion has continued the process.
The anchor looks bent, doesn’t it? The pole certainly carries more wires and cables than it did earlier in its career; that lower wire may be exerting more force than is strictly desirable.
It’ll take a lot more time before this becomes a real problem…
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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Oh, when it fails, it’ll likely fail instantly and with nary a warning, so the “lot more time” is hardly a consolation. It looks worrisome enough to me… I wonder how long that anchor is. I hope it’s a couple feet at least.
They’re installing new poles along the road here, so I’ve seen the anchors: that one should have maybe five more feet in the rock. Most likely, the rod will snap off at the sharp bend where the galvanized coating sees the most stress…