| | Jeffrey Mine Insulator
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| | by Howard Banks
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Out of the damp, dirty, dark, long since played-out holes that men have
carved in the mountains of Colorado have come a beautiful (and quite valuable) collectors
item.
No, not gold; but, originally, a cheap glass instrument used to insulate
low voltage power lines for lighting the inside of mines.
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| | Trolley Suspension Insulator
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Here is a sketch of an insulator sent in by Ray Skibby of Ashland,
Oregon. Does anyone know for sure what it was used for? We heard
it was used on the San Francisco streetcar line.
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| | G.T.P. Tel. Co.
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| | Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
We have G. T. P. TEL. CO. beehive just like the G. N. W. TEL. CO. This
stands for Grand Trunk Pacific Tel. Co. - it operated in Western Canada
between 1917 and 1921 and was taken over by the Canadian Government after this.
Sincerely,
Rod Wing
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| | Tender Loving Care
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| | by Dora Harned, editor
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What is more heart breaking than to chip, crack, break or bruise a
coveted insulator that either you have had for a long time and it is the
only one like it you have in your collection and none of your insulator
friends have one like it. Or maybe you have just found a strange,
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| | Universal Specialty Co. Post Card
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Universal Specialty Company postcard.
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| | Early Hemingrays
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| | by Bob Anderson
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As with old Brookfields little is known of the early Hemingrays except that
a patent was issued December 19, 1871 to
Robert Hemingray covering a method of forming insulators. This report deals
with insulators so embossed and a few
with the May 2, 1893 patent (covering drip points) which were continuations
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| | Tips on Cleaning
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| | by Dora Harned, editor
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Same old thing! Elbow grease! SOS pads, scouring powder,
detergent, ammonia, BUT WHOA THERE, be careful! Never mix
two or three different kinds of cleaners together. The fumes can be
harmful and even kill you. You've probably heard all this before, but a
little reminder never hurts.
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