| | Foreign Insulators
| | | by Marilyn Albers
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NGK Insulators Ltd. - Japan
NGK Insulators Ltd. began in 1919
with the establishment of its first factory in Mizuho, Nagoya, Japan. The
largest plant and main office still remain here, but since then three other NGK
factories have been put into operation. These three are (1) the Atsuta factory
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| | | Porcelain Insulator News
| | | by Jack H. Tod, NIA #13
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Dear Jack:
Some time ago you mentioned
"Hescho" insulators in your column. They were used here in Regina by
the local power company, City Light & Power, which has since been taken over
by Saskatchewan Power Corporation.
I know these Hescho's are brown and are from
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| | | The C R & N Railway
| | | by J Chester Gordon
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The second of Alaska's early railroads was the Copper River
& Northwestern. It was Michael J. Heney, builder of the White Pass &
Yukon Railroad, who masterminded and muscled through the construction of the 196
mile line from Cordova on the coast to the Guggenheim's mountain of copper at
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