CD132.4 Chambers Comp.

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", January 1971, page 17

RESEARCH DIVISION

Enclosed are pictures of two insulators that I have that I believe are quite odd. One is a Sterling large signal CD 164. This insulator is embossed with the word Sterling on the front and pound sign on the rear. It is 3 1/8" wide at the base and 3 3/4" tall. It is aqua and is the same overall shape as the Hawley large signal. I believe there is some connection between the two as the Hawley, Pa. U.S.A. is embossed over the  , and the  monogram is embossed over the word Sterling. Both Sterling embossings are quite faint. Upon checking with the residents of the village of Hawley, I could get no further information. I did find, in a book on cut glass, the listing of a Sterling Glass Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Maybe someone in the Ohio area could check on this.

The other insulator is an odd Hemingray. It is approximately 3 7/8" wide at the flare on the base and about 4 3/8" tall. The groove in the side is about 5/8" deep. It is about 1 7/8" to the bottom of the wire groove and 3 3/16" wide in this section. The insulator is light green and is embossed PATENT DEC. 19 - 1871. I have been told that it was used with the Chambers insulator. See sketch and photos on next page. I hope you can put these pictures in Crown Jewels as I think they will be of interest to all insulator collectors.

Keep up the good work with Crown Jewels, as it is the greatest.

Sincerely, 
George F. Lahm

I was told that this is the way the Hemingray insulator was used as the Chamber's proved to be too heavy to be mounted on the high bracket. The original Chamber's patent shows the Chamber's mounted on the high brackets.