16-lb

Updated: May 7, 2025

But I swear it is the most wearying business in the world punching holes in the ground with a 16-lb. hammer, running up poles that won't go straight, unhooking wire that has caught in a branch or in the eaves of a house, taking the strain of a cable to prevent man and ladder and wire coming on top of you, when the man who pays out has forgotten to pay.

William Henry Lowe Watson - Adventures of a Despatch Rider