| | INSULATORS FROM "DOWN UNDER" (Australia, that is!)
| | | by Richard Edmonds
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When I recently read the first issue of Crown Jewels of the Wire, I was
surprised to hear about the insulators called CD 119 W. Brookfield - O'Brien's
Patent, since a local collector, who is a friend of mine, has one of these
insulators. When I asked him about it he could only tell me that these were very
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| | | Foreign Insulators
| | | by Marilyn Albers
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CAROL AND MARILYN CONDUCT INSULATOR
RESEARCH TRIP ON FOREIGN SOIL
PART II
On Monday morning, April 16th, Carol and I said goodbye to Ans Galesloot and
her family in Utrecht, Holland, and began the 180 mile drive to Krefeld, West
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| | | The Fall Hikes
| | | by Gene DeVaux
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The Fall Hikes by Gene DeVaux
As I sit here writing this story, I can hear the horn of a distant
locomotive. It brings back memories of those cool fall days when I hiked down
the railroad looking for insulators.
Six years ago, when I was still living with
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| | | Bea Lines
| | | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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Let's go to Muncie and Coolie land this tine for our interview, and that can
only mean one place; Montana. Butte, to be specific. Therefore, our collectors
must be Marvin and Vicki Miller.
In 1974 we had the pleasure of visiting the Millers, and on that same trip,
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| | | Insulator Collector Learns Bits Of History
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From the Daily Record Ellensburg, Washington, April 16, 1990
By PAT WOODELL
Contributing Writer
In the steep hillside, reaching above a
tangle of overgrown brush and weeds, the abandoned telegraph pole held high a
small, light purple treasure.
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