| | "Threadless Corner"
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| | by Ray Klingensmith
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The UPRR
Welcome once again to "Threadless Corner". This month the featured item is the historic U.P.R.R. And history this insulator holds. Let's
start by giving a little background information on the railroad itself. In the
early years of our country, vast areas of land were uninhabited. As cities grew
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| | Irish Insulators & English Inks
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| | by Otto J. Baum
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Here are some pictures of insulators from Ireland, and hardware and inks from
England.
#2=white porcelain spool, #3=clear CD #179.6, #4=4" hi. x 2-3/8"
dia. F. P&T, #5=4" hi. x 2-7/16" dia. F.G.P.O, #6=tan porcelain 4-3/4" hi. x 3" dia. no letters, #7=wad of fiber which goes on #11 in
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| | A New Find
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| | by Doug MacGillvary
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I'm enclosing a photo of half an insulator which might well be the rarest of
all threadless. It is boldly embossed THAMES GLASSWORKS N. LONDON CT. The
glass is a deep olive amber.
This piece was from the famous Charlie Gardiner
Bottle Collection that was auctioned off a few years ago. I talked to Norm
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| | The Skaguay Hydro Plant of Southern Colorado
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| | by Mel Shootman
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The region served by the Southern Colorado Power Company is split by the
boundary line that existed between the old Mexican state of Texas (later
Republic) and the French colony of Louisiana.
It was in this region that the
fabulous Skaguay Hydro Plant was built. The Skaguay Hydro Plant was the
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| | Patent Pages
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| | by Ray Klingensmith
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This month the featured patent is the "elusive Emminger". And
elusive this insulator certainly is. It was patented by David R. P. Emminger on
February 20th, 1872, being issued patent number 123,878. The patent reads "
The nature of my invention consists in so constructing my improved 'insulator'
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Jack H. Tod
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Bob Reyburn (Ontario, Cal.) recently sent the photo below of two Imperial
insulators in his collection. The Item A is the normal U-935 Imperial, but the
Item B is a top-rest one that matches U-746 which is the proverbial
"Redlands"
style made by other companies in later years.
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