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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 107 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (14 children)

Utility corridor. Sometimes a "Right of Way".

Depending on where you live, "hydro lines" or "transmission lines" or similar.

[–] WhatsUpDoc@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I used the term Hydro line once on Reddit and had a lot of people asking what the hell I was talking about.

[–] Bert_the_Troll@reddthat.com 36 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Are you Canadian by any chance? It's common in Canada to call electrical utilities "hydro" whether there's water generation or not. In the states they don't do this as much. At least not in my experience.

[–] WhatsUpDoc@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago
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