| | The Western Glass Manufacturing Company
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| | by Tom Katonak
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Background:
For many years, I've been a collector of Denver glass insulators
with a concentration on those produced by the Western Glass Manufacturing
Company. I recall the first purple insulator I ever owned - a WGM toll that I
bought at the Colorado Springs flea market back in 1985. I could hardly bear to
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| | General Electric, Part III - The U-935A
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| | by Ed Sewall
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This article concludes my three-part series on the early General Electric
(GE) dry process insulators. This article will focus on the last of these
insulators GE is thought to have made, the U-935A. As with the two previous
articles, I will attempt to document all that is known to date about the
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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TWO NEW GLASS INSULATOR STYLES
THAT WERE MADE AND USED IN ITALY
Guido Boreani of Milano, Italy recently found this rather unusual piece and
brought it to my attention. It is a cemented two piece insulator made of clear
glass with just a tint of straw. "FIDENZA", which is the name of the
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| | Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
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| | by Ron Souza
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Three days before Christmas 2000, my beloved spouse and myself were engaged
in the usual feelings of pre-holiday boredom. This syndrome is usually brought
on with doubts about purchases of gifts for others that may not be fully
appreciated, (who in the world couldn't use a dust buster?) or possibly the fact
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