The telephone cables terminated on  the other other side of this frame.

MUNICIPAL UTILITIES SERVICE   Fairbanks, Alaska TELEPHONE DIVISION

   Cable Vault in Basement  -  The TAILS are from the frame in equipment room.
 

In a manhole at the corner of 2nd Ave and Cushman st. Vern took these photos.
You could say the steam pipes kept the utildor warm to work in. :)

Utilador North                                                                                               Utilador East