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Dear Crown Jewels,
The photo enclosed (cover, shown below) is of a
double insulator bracket that I purchased at a flea market. The embossing reads
CUTTER SO. BEND IND. This might prove interesting to any of your readers that
collect pins and hardware. Unfortunately I have no other information on this
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| | Dead-End Spindles
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| | by Kenneth Stefan
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Dead-End Spindle insulators were used
extensively in the United States from the early 1900's to the mid 1920's. They
were designed for use in dead ending transmission lines and for use on poles
which would have high tensions from the wires or cables making sharp angles,
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| | A Bees-Eye View of the Rochester Rendezvous
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| | by H. G. "Bea" Hyve
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Rochester, New York is called the "City of Flowers". And, just as
flowers delight the eye with their variety of lovely colors, so do insulators.
So what a perfect setting for the 14th annual National Insulator Association
Show and Sale, which was held July 8-10, 1983!
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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British Railway Telegraph Insulators
I must tell you about a fantastic book I have just received called
Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators! It was published in 1982 by author
W. Keith Neal who lives on the island of Guernsey, one of the British owned
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| | George C. Scott - The Man And The Award
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| | by Bob and Phoebe Adams
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Who is this man?
What is his award for? What does his award look like? We shall attempt to answer
these and other questions about one of Florida's grandest gentlemen. Many pages
could be written about him. Here are our efforts to pay tribute to a fine
person.
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