| | West Kootenay Power's Porcelain Insulators
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| | by Hugh Barbour
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In the early 1890's the miners of Rossland, B.C. stuck candles in their caps
when they went underground. When the workday came to an end they walked down the
dark streets filled with ruts made from horses and wagon wheels. Their homes
were heated by wood stoves and lit by kerosene lamps. By 1895 the town had an
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| | Mac's Believe It or Not!
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| | by John McDougald
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In researching the whereabouts of all of the known CDs in the hobby at the
time of the preparing Insulators - A History and Guide to North American Glass
Pintype Insulators, it became clear that one reported insulator -- the CD 185.2
embossed B.E.L. Co. with threads --- could not be located.
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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Patrick McNabb (NIA #6643) and his wife Mary Ellen (NIA #6644) visited with
me earlier in the year. They had a very unusual fuse cutout (also called fuse
holder) made of unglazed white dry process porcelain. Sure we have all seen fuse
cutouts from time to time but I'll bet you haven't seen one like this. The
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| | Display of the Month
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Hurricane-proof display in Miami, Florida belonging to George McGowan and
Sandy Bixby.
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| | Our First Sale
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| | by Russ Frank
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In the past four years, since we started collecting insulators, we have
attended many of the Midwest shows. Never having had anything much to sell, we
just browsed through the tables and bought pieces to add to our collection.
After the G.C.I.C. swap meet at Bob Stahrs house, things seemed to change.
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