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....a long story about an old supply that shorted out for some reason...

There's absolutely no way to know what actually happened (or even when,
apparently). It could just as easily been some critter got across the
two lines which happened to have a bare spot from simply years of
aging--most of the really old overhead wires on our place are almost
bare simply from having been hanging there for 50 years or so...

If you have a disconnect on the pole but one phase isn't cut off, sounds
like something ain't right...

Whatever you do, be careful -- sounds like you're playing around w/ a
service entrance w/o having proper equipment if you can't clearly
disconnect it -- not a smart idea imo.