| | Kids Korner - The New Mexico Military Telegraph
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| | By Powell Brown
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The Telegraph Arrives in New Mexico
In July 1868, a telegraph connection was established between Santa Fe and
Denver, Colorado. On July 10, the system was officially inaugurated. Telegraph
offices were located in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, NM. (2) Fort Union, to the
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | By Elton Gish
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There are a lot of interesting porcelain insulators to report. We never seem
to get to all of them. And this year I've gotten behind with new PIN articles
from all the work on the yard recovering from hurricane Rita. We lost over 30
trees in our yard in southeast Texas but no damage to the house or insulators.
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| | Cover Pics
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ABOUT THE COVER:
Some really large insulators adorn the back yard of Ernie Carlson's home.
Compare the size of insulators on each side to the suspensions in the middle.
Ernie calls these substation insulators his "bigins".
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," November 2006
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the November 2006
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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| | Canadian Forum
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| | By Robin Plewes
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In this column, I was lucky enough to have a show report of the 3rd Annual
South Western Ontario Insulator Swap sent in by co-host Barrett Nicpon. This
backyard meet seems to be getting bigger each year.
I also have the chance to photograph and compare a seldom seen Canadian
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| | Foreign Porcelain
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Collector Fred Flaig is seeking help in identifying these, apparently
foreign-made, insulators. He'd like to know who made them, from what countries
they may have been found, and for what specific purpose the unusual shape may be
been designed.
If you have any info, send it to Crown Jewels; or contract Fred at his
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| | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Hi Howard and Linda,
I got the October issue of CJOW and I thought that the new "In
Design" program seeded to work well. GREAT JOB!!!! It's funny how we learn
all sorts of things while collecting insulator-related stuff. I've got
"Go-Withs" as a side interest. I've collected telephone and insulator
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| | INSULATOR OF THE MONTH
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2 Piece Tramp
Vernon Fellows sent in this picture of a Hemingray 50 CD 190/191 two piece
transposition. The insulator has been a favorite of his since he purchased it
some 30-years ago at a collectibles show. It was the first insulator of this
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| | Crown Jewels Auction
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(Caution - LARGE DOWNLOAD)
Crown Jewels is sponsoring this extensive auction in which we hope you
will find both quality and affordable insulators for your collection this
Holiday Season.
Bidding begins at 8:00 AM PST, Monday, November 27, 2006.
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