California Insulators
by Dora Harned, editor
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", March 1969, page 12
In 1912 the California Glass Insulator Company went into production at West Anaheim Road and Hayes Street in Long Beach, California. In 1914 the name was changed to California Glass Works and in 1916 the plant was destroyed by a flood and was never reopened. In these four short years this company certainly made many insulators still in use today although many have found their way into private collections. At the date of this article there have been 16 different styles that have been found all with just the word CALIFORNIA printed on the front with the exception of the Santa Ana. This does not include the C.G.I. Below is a list using Woodward's C.D. Numbers.
CD 102 Pony
CD 112 Keg
CD 160 Baby Signal
CD 133 Signal
CD 134 Signal
CD 161 Signal
CD 162 Signal
CD 152 "Hoopskirt" Signal
CD 200 One Piece Transposition
CD 208 Crosstop
CD 121 Toll
CD 187 Brown's Pat Pony
CD 260 Roman Helmet
We have also heard of a two piece transposition
with CALIFORNIA on it but never having seen it
ourselves we hesitate to list it. Perhaps one of
our readers has it in their collection and will let
us know about it, also any other styles of CALIFORNIA that we haven't listed.
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