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Pincher Creek in southern Alberta is home to one of Canada's most unique
tourist attractions -- a crystal village constructed of discarded glass insulators
formerly used on Alberta's telephone poles.
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Jim Hercus of Bale d'Urfe, Quebec,
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| | Dyar's Patent and the First Glass Insulator in the United States
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| | by Bob Harding
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I found the following information in a 1915 book on the telegraph and thought
it was interesting and would like to share it with Crown Jewels readers.
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In almost every grade school in America, Samuel Morse is given credit for the
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| | Samuel Oakman and Boston Insulator Production
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| | by Bill Snell
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(Part I, Part II in November, 1988)
Can you imagine what your insulator collection would be like if Samuel Oakman
never lived? Obviously all the Boston Bottle Works, American Insulator Company,
and Oakman Manufacturing Company pieces would not exist. But his patents had a
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| | Welcome News
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The "Millbrook Roundtable" July 6,1988
by Sara Schroeder
Jeffrey McCurty's Hobby is Grounded in Glass Insulators
Treasures can be found in the strangest places, especially the kind that
Jeffrey McCurty collects. The Millbrook resident's eyes glaze over when he finds
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| | An Ultimate Polecat Tribute
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During a recent visit at her home, Lu Farin of Decatur, Texas, was telling
John and me about the story in the March, 1976, issue of TEXAS Highways
magazine. She recalled that there had been a picture of a most unusual tombstone
erected in the memory of a "polecat" --- you know, a lineman. I thought
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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We last published an updated list of the known Pittsburg date control
markings in the April 1987 issue of CJ. Many new reports have been made and the
mystery of the date codes still persists. While we may never solve the mystery,
it is still interesting to follow and to see how many different markings can be
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