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Demolition Discovery
Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", March 2006, page 18

Editor's note: More new finds are being reported. Here's one by a non-collector who calls himself "Demo Dave".

I found 15 Johnny Ball Insulators. They are all 2-1/2 inches in length. As you can see they are all aqua glass. The front row are the best ones, the second row are also not chipped but have flaws that may chip off if bumped and the back rows are all chipped and/or deeply flawed. 

The other piece is a porcelain insulator with the words "Sachs NOARK jpco Hartford, 600 volts, 2-10 amps". I am not sure if it is 2-10 or 210 amps. All of this was buried outside the foundation walls of an old street car garage located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. I believe I told you I am in the demolition business and I find old stuff like this all the time but these are the first of their kind I have ever seen. David B.



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