| | Another Old Rubber Insulator Found
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The insulator on the right is the one shown on the cover of my book
"UNIQUE COLLECTIBLE INSULATORS". Another very similar is reported by
Ron Souza. Both of these insulators are in the Telegraph Museum in Old
Sacramento. (Read about this museum in this issue's article entitled
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| | "Communications of the 1880's", A New Museum
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| | by Fritz Kettenburg
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The B. F. Hastings Building has been restored along with many other
dilapidated and abandoned structures left over from the Gold Rush boom years.
The original town along the banks of the Sacramento River is now a State
Historic Park, having undergone a reconstruction of the building exteriors to reflect those golden years long past, and the interiors
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Jack H. Tod
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Dear Jack:
I thought I'd let you know of a couple of good ones I came up with
a while back that I haven't heard about lately -- a couple of white U-274, 0. P.
Co.
I bought a fellow's extras, and he wanted me to evaluate his porcelain and tell
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| | Questions Answered by N. R. Woodward
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| | Author of The Glass Insulator in America and originator of C.D. #'s (Consolidated Design Numbers)
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Ken Crawford, Saddle Brook, New Jersey, writes: We have two Corning Pyrex
insulators (that I had to climb 20 feet for) that are damaged. the "PYREX
T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./MADE U.S.A. 63" has 3/4 of the skirt broken off!
Is it worth anything because of the carnival finish? We also have the
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| | Spanish Insulators
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| | by John Barber
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At this time I would like to make a report on insulators in Spain. In March I
went with our band on a trip to Madrid for a week. It was a great trip, and I
saw tons of glass insulators.
I would guess that there were about 10,000 sombreros in use around Madrid There were some huge power poles that had as many
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| | Research Division
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Hot Item!
Mystery Solved!
(Our thanks to Bob Larkin of Thorndale, Pennsylvania, for sharing the
following letter with us regarding "Star" insulators and the Star
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