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trolley pole

device allowing a tram or bus to collect current from overhead wires
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trolley pole

Summary

trolley pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trolley pole's image is recorded as Yellow Trolley Bus (26580031354).jpg[2].
  • trolley pole's image is recorded as HHA.11.Elbbrck.3200.jpg[3].
  • trolley pole's subclass of is recorded as current collector[4].
  • trolley pole's Commons category is recorded as Trolley poles[5].
  • trolley pole's said to be the same as is recorded as Q3999629[6].
  • trolley pole's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/046b51[7].
  • trolley pole's different from is recorded as pantograph[8].
  • trolley pole's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00225451n[9].
  • trolley pole's connects with is recorded as overhead contact line[10].
  • trolley pole's connects with is recorded as trolleybus overhead line[11].

Why It Matters

trolley pole ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (114 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). trolley pole. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/trolley-pole
MLA “trolley pole.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/trolley-pole.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_trolley-pole_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{trolley pole}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/trolley-pole}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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