In reply to Bob Kemp:
Flabbergasting.
"zooming in even closer, you can see something odd about the way the C hook broke off. inspect it with the eye of a materials engineer. what do you see?" - I tried and my answer is "some worn, rusty metal". Not it turns out exactly what I'm supposed to see!
I had no idea that major parts of their infrastructure were a century old. It makes me wonder how old some of the pylons in the UK are now.