| | GENERAL ELECTRIC Part II -- The U-744
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| | by Ed Sewall
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In my first article (Crown Jewels -1/98), I described the General Electric
dry process porcelain factory in Schenectady, New York and the earliest pin type
attributable to General Electric, the unmarked U-701. In this article I will
attempt to detail all of the known installations where the unmarked dry process
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| | The Map of the "Missing Link" Brookfield Porcelain
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| | by Dave Sztramski
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As many of you already know, I have been scratching around the Brookfield
factory site for a couple of years now. I began collecting only about five years
ago and had a general collection. The more I dug at the factory, the more I
appreciated Brookfields. Now, my collection is mostly Brookfield, in particular,
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| | Advertising Through the Ages
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| | by Bob Stahr
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This ad shows a cross-section of what appears to be a U-935
offered by C.S.
Knowles and produced by Imperial Porcelain.
Note the transmission lines they
were used on.
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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In the last PIN (September CJ) we incorrectly reported that the Pittsburg
U-393A's were used on an old trolley line in Chattanooga, TN. Thanks to Ken
Roberts (NIA #5962) for correcting the report. Ken said Charles Kocisek found
the U-393A's in an abandoned substation house on the T.V.A. Reservation in
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