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| | by Caleb Thimell
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Colombia's Vi-Bo Insulator Mystery Solved
The excitement of finding my first CD 154 Zicmes in a small mound of Whitall
Tatums piled on the back room floor of an electrical parts store is still fresh
in my mind. It's been more than 10 years now since that momentous day. Little
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| | Kids Corner
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(Below) Christa Banks and Josh McCarroll inspect one pole's Crown Jewels. Kids love
insulators. Christa says, "Sometimes it is the adventure of it all.
Climbing a pole. Hiking up a mountain. Or maybe just finding an old ox shoe when
you're walking along the Applegate branch of the old Oregon Trail looking for
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| | A Taxonomy of EC&M Insulators ...Mastering Your ABC's
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| | by Howard Banks
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LlGURTA, AZ February 10, 2001. Climbing out of a dry wash, I glance to my
left at a giant saguaro cactus in the distance. To my right, looking into the
setting sun, I see the faint outline of an ancient trail through Sonoran Desert.
"What am I doing here?", I ask myself. Only seven weeks since knee
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," January 2003
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the January 2003
Crown Jewels of the Wire magazine. These have been provided by the publisher
for those wishing to see a color rendition of the black and white photos
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| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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Well, Mrs. Mac is now officially retired from editing Crown Jewels of the
Wire. So, what is she doing? Cleaning house, washing clothes, preparing gourmet
meals? No, she has spent better than six weeks on the road photographing
insulators for a new reference book we plan to co-author for release next year.
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