Michigan - Boston Bottle Works
by Bob Roosevelt
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", June 1987, page 25
Yes, Virginia, there are "Boston" insulators in Michigan! Two weeks
in October and November of last year, my wife and I went to Michigan on
vacation. We spent some of our time hunting insulators along an old line which
had been used by the New York Central. We did no digging, but just kept looking
and recording our finds and where they were found. I always keep a record of
every insulator I find.
Now the following specimens were not full insulators, but just pieces and
parts. They were found in just one mile of walking.
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CD 158.2
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Light aqua - can't see name
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CD 158.2
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Aqua, Dome embossed Boston
Bottle Works - Patented Oct. 15, 72
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CD 158.2
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Aqua - can't see name - skirt
bottom is fatter than others. Half of insulator was found.
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CD 158.2
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Dark green -
can't see name. Wide spacing between threads, maybe separate threads on maybe a
CD 158.9 ?
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CD 158.2
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Lime green - can't see all of name, can see (-ENT
APPL-) on
inner skirt. No line from plunger just below threads. Maybe a CD 158.9 ?
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CD
158.2
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Aqua - can't see name. Large dot on top of the crown.
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CD 158.2
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Aqua -
can't see name. Lower wire ridge is the same as top.
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Well, if any one wants to go to Michigan to hunt Boston Bottle Works -- have
shovel, will travel.
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