| | Research Division
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Dear Dora,
I saw something rather strange in Cape Cod this summer.
I always take binoculars with me on trips so that I can get a better look at
some of the insulators in use.
One day when we had stopped for a bite to eat, I
noticed some power lines running past the restaurant. I rushed through my meal
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| | The Watling Insulator
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| | by Larry Larned
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Have you seen a Watling insulator
lately? And now you're asking, "What was that?" Even an ad appearing
in the September 1954 issue of Popular Mechanics showing this insulator in use,
didn't identify it as a Watling. Recently while poring through a stack of aging
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| | Important Message From Your "Foreign Insulators" Editor
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This concerns
everyone listing foreign glass insulators for sale or trade, and I'm asking for
your cooperation. As of August '81 all previously listed C.D. #'s for foreign
glass (excluding Canada and Mexico) were changed! Since then many new foreign
designs have been found, and these have now been assigned C.D. #'s. All of these
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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Canadian Line Material Ltd.
Jack Tod's column way back in the
November 1980 issue of Crown Jewels carried a question from me about a
"what's it" foreign porcelain insulator (or part of one) that turned
out to be a primary circuit wireholder. Thanks to its former owner, who did not
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| | The Mad Hatter - C.D. 134.6
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| | by Wendel Hunter, N, A. #567
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Is this insulator the rarest of the
BROOKFIELDS?
This insulator has unusual embossing and a patent date that has
been listed in various places as April 17th, 1896, as well as April 7th, 1896.
It interested me to the extent of contacting Jack Tod, our hobby's fountainhead*
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| | Concerning Porcelain Commemoratives
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| | by Addie & Maury Tasem & Dick Alumbaugh
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In 1974, Dick Alumbaugh, who was a porcelain insulator collector, thought it would
be nice to have a porcelain commemorative in honor of the National Insulator
Association conventions. He consulted several collectors and did a lot of
research on how they were made today, who could do it, cost factor, etc.
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