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[likely solved] What are these wires on this water tower? What is their purpose? (lemmy.world)

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Why are these wires on this water tower? What do they do?

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 28 points 3 days ago

I heard about when a road ferry was being repainted in Sweden, it was done outside and without any curtain a hundred or so meters from a main motorway.

The company doing the repainting had to deal with a lot of insurance claims...