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"Threadless Corner Update"
by Ray Klingensmith

Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", February 1980, page 28

As stated in the October "Threadless Corner", while in Denver I was able to photograph two Wade type threadless which were no included in the August and October 1978 issues of Crown Jewels, which covered the Wade type insulators. Both are shown below. Fig. 17 shows a medium lime green unit, with bubbles. The top of the insulator has a slightly recessed area about the size of a quarter. (I might add that the CD 724.5 also has this same indentation, suggesting the same manufacturer for both.) The bottom of the insulator, rather that being flat, tapers downward from the outside edge to a point where the pinhole starts. Fig. 18 shows a "dot-dash" Wade which is a very unusual near clear color, full of tiny bubbles. This is the only Wade-type insulator I've seen in this color -- it sure is a beauty. Thanks to Paul Plunkett for allowing me to photograph it.


Fig. 17. The lime green Wade type reportedly found in New Hampshire.

Fig. 18. The very near clear dot- dash Wade type, full of tiny bubbles.

 



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