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Florida Ghetto Glass

   by John T. Underwood

   

My favorite feature in Crown Jewels is an article written by collectors who explore remote regions uncovering rare insulators. The adverse conditions affecting the hunt compounded with the imminent dangers of outback explorations provide the drama and adventure that many collectors will never experience.

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The Yellow U-503 Cache

   by David Dahle

   

Shortly after I started collecting insulators, I noticed an old power line was being dismantled not far from where I lived. A friend and I went over to take a look and saw the linemen removing yellow U-503 porcelain cables from the crossarms. When we asked the linemen for a few, they said, "No, you can't ...                    [more]



   

Telephone Lines

   

   

And Methods Of Constructing Them 
Overhead And Underground.

by WALTER C. OWEN,
Consulting Telephone Engineer, Late District Manager And Engineer
National Telephone Company Limited.
1903.

(Reprint sent by Steve Corfidi, State College, PA, publishers Whittaker & ...                    [more]



   

Searching the A.T.&.T. Northern Transcontinental Toll Lead

   by Mark Heitman

   

The Stampede Pass Trips from 1978 to 1983
Part A

The Northern American Telephone and Telegraph Lead from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest was placed in 1926 and 1927. It's mileage on the first generation lead was 2,235 miles. It existed until the late 1950's to the mid ...                    [more]



   

The Good Ol' Days

   by Bill Sutliff

   

Reading the stories of other's quests for insulators prompted me to think back to the early days of my own insulator hunting. I was twelve and my friend Kurt was fourteen at the time. We were both just beginning collectors. I was the first to be bitten by the "bug", and it was just contagious enough to ...                    [more]



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