telephone wire
telephone line
telegraph wire
telegraph line

"I don't know why you're even bothering to ask when the telegraph wires are down."

It's just what we want for the telegraph wire or rope to go through.

They walked along the edge of the line, beneath the telegraph wires, to the station.

The telegraph wires were down and the trains did not run.

She was then caught in the act of cutting some telegraph wires and arrested.

Two black birds stared at them from a telegraph wire.

He glanced out the window of the train and saw the new telegraph wires.

But a telegraph wire had been overlooked and not cut.

He turned to the dog, and suddenly his voice came high as the wind in the telegraph wires.

However, the broadcasters were not actually present at the game, but simply gave reports from a telegraph wire.