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Glass Insulators Collectors Reference Site Glass Insulators were first produced in the 1850's for use with telegraph lines As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications In the mid 1960's a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators Today there are over 2,000 collectors, and insulator clubs, national shows, and good reference books are available
Glass Insulators and Go-Withs For Sale This is a posting place for "for sale" and "for trade" lists for glass insulators, porcelain insulators, or go-withs The advantage this has over email lists, is that all the information is collected in one place, these pages get greater exposure than the email list, and that optional photographs can be included All of these insulators are now in the Insulator Finder! database If you have
Geographical Locations of Glass Insulator Usage in North America The Purpose: The listings in this database are being collected for historical preservation purposes and to be used as a reference base for insulator collectors As each insulator is removed from service, a piece of our industrial history vanishes with it Recording this information while still achievable is an important mission for our generation of insulator collecting
ICON - Insulator Collectors On the Net ICON Insulator Collectors On the Net Insulator Collectors On the Net is group of over two thousand insulator collectors from around the world who wish to share information about collecting insulators with other collectors To facilitate communications among collectors there is an optional mailing list that is available Not a member of ICON? Why don't you join?
Porcelain Insulator Collectors Reference Site Porcelain Overview Similar to their glass counterparts, porcelain insulators date back to before the Civil War for telegraph wires In North America glass was always the predominate material for communications insulators but porcelain has become the standard for power distribution due to its greater strength and surface resistance
Insulator PicturePoster Gallery Browse a comprehensive gallery of insulator pictures and posters, featuring various collections and designs from around the world
Markings - Glass Insulators Collectors Reference Site Fred M Locke Markings found on Porcelain Insulators Go back to Paul Greaves spent countless hours verifying the many different Fred Locke markings on porcelain insulators Different fonts and sizes of letters and numbers were used Evidently the 1 to 4 line marking stamp did not securely hold the individual letters and numbers and sometimes a few letters shifted The marking device was flat
Canadian Forum #20: Canadian Porcelain - Glass Insulators Collectors . . . Canadian Porcelain This column has a few bits and pieces of insulator history that I found to be a bit out of the ordinary and would be of interest to collectors David Kresz of Toronto Ontario, reports that a customer of his (who once worked for the Lapp Insulator Co ) explained how blind people were employed at the company They tested the metal parts of the large, disc-shaped, insulators