NATIONAL - A Trip Around Lake Superior
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", September 2000, (Insert) page 11
Insulators of the Lake Superior Basin
Larry Furo,
Duluth, Minnesota
Showmanship Award presented by Bob & Phoebe Adams
SUPERIOR - DULUTH - TWO HARBORS - GRAND MARIAIS - THUNDER BAY - NIPIGON -
MARATHON - WAWA - SAULT-STE. MARIE - MUNISUNG - NEGAUNEE - MARQUETTE - L' ANSE -
COPPER HARBOR - LAURIUM - HOUGHTON - HANCOCK - ONTONAGON - MADELINE ISLAND - BAYFIELD
- ASHLAND - PORT WING - ISLE ROYALE. Sounds like a travelog, and it is for many
of the insulators in my collection are from these Superior Basin towns.
Larry
says: I began collecting in 1968 and have a general collection. A fellow by the name of Bruce Sundberg was my mentor. He kept
encouraging me with, "Let's go. Larry!"
The CD H G. CO. smooth base
signal in sun-colored amethyst is my favorite in the display. While I was
replacing it on a two pin fire alarm circuit, an exterior fire alarm went off
half a block away. I would love to find a new CD or variation in my "Lake
Superior" area.
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| CD 162 H.G.Co. smooth base in purple found in Calumet, MI. |
CD 151 H. G. Co. NATCO. with no drips on the inner skirt found on the
BM-IR
Line between Duluth and Two Harbors. |
CD 126 Un embossed Pennycuick patent threading along J. Cook Park, St. Louis
River. |
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| CD 145 Dome embossed Brookfield in purple with single patent date on rear
dome from the Northern Pacific into Duluth along a short line between NP and
Duluth. |
CD 251 N.E.G. M. Co. found in Two Harbors in a nice dark yellow green. |
CD 125 PAT APP FOR on the Northern Pacific out of Duluth. |
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| CD 144 Dated on dome Foree Bain patent found at 21st Ave and W.
Niagara in
Duluth. |
CD 102 Westinghouse was found at St. Maris Country Road, Bay
Missuse. |
CD 160.7 base embossed American in root beer amber was located on the
carriage house of an old mansion in Duluth. |
A fishnet encircled the map of Lake Superior with some other items that had
been recovered from the basin by Larry. Also included were a U-926 Locke with
four dates, a CD 134.4 unembossed Pennycuick patent, CD 134 T-HE on the dome; a
CD 121.4 A.U., CD 106 Birmingham, a CD 151 embossed "7", CD 154
Dominion in root beer amber; CD 162 H.G.Co. with sharp drip points in peacock
blue; CD 133.2 lite green unembossed bullet with Canadian origins, CD 258
embossed CABLE,; a white porcelain Canadian beehive stamp-marked in green with
A.E.R.; a CD 133.3 embossed with a single bar on the front and read (K.C.G.W.
manufacture); a CD 196 H.G.Co. transposition; a CD 143 Canadian Pacific in royal
purple; a U-935A Imperial; a CD 120.2 embossed PONY. What a diverse general
collection Larry has amassed from his travels as a lineman around the Lake
Superior basin.
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