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Research Division

   
   

From Judy Stapf:

I think I have a ceramic insulator of some type.  It may not be old, but it was found in a long abandoned corn crib.  Perhaps I'd find it in any good hardware store, but before my three ...                    [more]



   

Insulator Bracket Extension

   by Sue Ducro

   


In our efforts to gain more technical knowledge about power insulators, we learned that one of our native Ashtabulans (Ohio) has a patent on an extension bracket for insulators of high tension lines.

Joseph C. Amidon of the area power company and engineer Jackson C. Quayle invented the fixture which conserves approximately five feet of pole space ...                    [more]


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