These painted utility boxes were labelled ‘transformers,’ but could probably be some other kind of public box. Does anyone know where these are from?
The top-left one is unadorned, while the rest have had the hell dorned out of them. [Thanks, Fipi and Walter!]
Philip votes Israel, because of the writing on the books. (So that’s what those things are called!) Now does anyone know what they’re for?
Update Extreme: We, as a community of peers, have reached a consensus: they are either traffic light switching boxes or telephone punch-down racks. Thanks to everyone who chimed in!