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June 27,1899 - Valverde, Colorado. "Glass Pot Breaks and Burns One
Building", read the headline in the Denver Times. "Fire at an early
hour this morning entirely destroyed one of the buildings of the Valverde Glass
Works in Valverde. The loss will reach at least $5,000 and some estimates place
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| | Kids Korner
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Meet Clay Bledsoe
My name is Jimmie C. Bledsoe, III, but everyone calls me "Clay".
Here are some of the insulators in my collection. I inherited my Pawpaw's
insulators (Leonard L.Linscott, NIA # 256) but I have added to the collection. I
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| | Cambodian Insulators
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| | By Kris Young
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I grew up knowing about insulators. My parents were amateur collectors. I
remember one vacation where my dad rigged up a makeshift pulley and hoisted me
up a telephone pole to snag a few unconnected pieces of colored glass.
Many years later, after becoming a missionary and moving to Cambodia, I met
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| | The Lighter Side (Trip)
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| | By Charlie Allmon
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The date is August 25. Chris Hedges, Denny Weber and I are headed to the
Denver Regional. But first, we had a stop to make. We pulled off I-70 at exit
371, located just west of Genoa, Colorado. From that exit we took the limed
access road north of the highway, and drove west just a short distance. There we
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| | Heart of Houston
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| | By Bob Machann
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(For Missy H., Shelley J. and Emily S.)
The Union Pacific Railroad's main trackage in Houston, Texas skirts the
northern edge of downtown Houston and passes through Houston's historic Heights
neighborhood. There are two tracks that come into downtown Houston from the
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| | OLIVE HEMINGRAY 19's
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Editor's Note: Jack Snyder reports that finding olive Hemingray 19's was
one of the many highlights he had with Ma Bell before deciding to go on furlough
after 27 years of fun "working"......1967-1994. Jack says that he
knows not all of the Olive Hem 19's came from him, but he found his share.
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | Submitted by Caleb Thimell
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A Visit to Sediver Yields Exciting Discoveries!
By Lis & Jim Bergman
Lis & Jim Bergman have been actively researching French insulator
manufacturers for many years and have developed excellent relationships with
French museums and the world's largest glass insulator manufacturer, Sediver.
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| | A Magazine for Collectors
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| | Photos from "Crown Jewels of the Wire," April 2005
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CJ In Color!
The following photos are from the April 2005
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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| | Insulator of the Month
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THOMAS CROSS TOP
I have a story along with a photo I thought you might want to put in CJ the
next time around. It is a story of a beautiful Sim-U-954 Thomas Cross Top
glazeweld I found at an old coal mine site.
The insulator is a beaut in tan, almost yellow, coloration.
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