Foreign Insulators
by Marilyn Albers
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", June 1983, page 4
Excuses, Excuses!
Dear Readers,
At the time of
this writing there are exactly five days left before my husband and my daughter
and I take off for Europe to be gone for four weeks. We will be traveling with a
group of 18 high school boys and girls under the leadership of Father John Brock
from St. Joseph's High School in Jackson, Mississippi (one of our former homes).
Our tour will include East and West Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria,
Italy, Switzerland, and a quick bus tour of both Brussels and Amsterdam at the
beginning and at the end of our trip, as those cities are where we will be
making our airline connections. I do so hope there will be some opportunities to
look for insulators and/or information on manufacturers.
The reason for this
rather short article is that I'm literally up to my eyeballs! Since we have
looked forward to this wonderful opportunity for six years, trip preparations
must come first, and there just aren't enough hours to take care of the many
last minute "things to do", write Crown Jewels articles, set up and
display at the Central Regional Show in Austin, Texas, and handle the many NIA
(National Insulator Association) duties I have. So please understand. I will be
back with you in the August issue with a really super bunch of information on
the (Canadian) T. & N.O. Ry.
First, I did want to share this picture with
you. It came from Laura Van Der Endt of Sidney, Australia. She says, "This
display is a tribute to the insulator friends I have met via Crown Jewels. At
the Bathurst Show this display created a lot of public interest. The bottle in
the foreground is the trophy given to all first place "getters", and
the display unit is a true copy of a U-1451."
This is really significant
because it means that insulators are finally coming into their own at bottle
shows in Australia. Not too long ago there was apparently no interest in them at
all, but now there is even a separate category for them, so they are more than
tolerated! Congratulations, Laura, for being a first place "getter"!
The display insulators are listed below.
Top Row
(left to right): |
|
U-number
unassigned
as yet
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no marking, white, Belgium.
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U-395
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no marking, brown, U.S.A.
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U-2285
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no marking, green, Holland.
|
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Second Row:
|
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U-634B
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Ohio Brass, blue green,
U.S.A.
|
U-2057
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no marking, white, Tunisia.
|
U-629D
|
no marking, yellow, U.S.A.
|
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Third Row:
|
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U-292
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PP Inc./1956, lemon yellow, U.S.A.
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U-209
|
Thomas, dark brown, U.S.A.
|
U-1540
|
Bullers crest on top, LMS (London, Midland & Scottish Ry.) on
side of crown, red, England.
|
U-1982
|
Bullers crest, cream color, made in
England, found in Australia.
|
U-295
|
Illinois, green, U.S.A.
|
Fourth Row:
|
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U-1183
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no marking, tan, Canada.
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U-320
|
Ohio Brass, cobalt, U.S.A.
|
U-388
|
Thomas, cream
color, U.S.A.
|
U-148
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no marking, tan, Canada or U.S.A.?
|
U-436B
|
no marking,
turquoise blue, Australia.
|
Bottom Row:
|
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C.D. 235
|
Corning Pyrex, golden carnival,
U.S.A.
|
C.D. 208
|
Hemingray 44, aqua, U.S.A.
|
C.D. 151
|
H. G. Co., peacock blue,
U.S.A.
|
C.D. 234
|
Corning Pyrex, rainbow carnival, U.S.A.
|
Go withs in front are
porcelain light switches, wooden power plugs and light fittings.
See you at the
National in Rochester in July, and right back at this spot in August!
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