Questions Answered by N.R. Woodward
Reprinted from "INSULATORS - Crown Jewels of the Wire", November 1969, page 9

1. Do you have any information on the NO LEAK D (CD 211)?
Sorry, I have no data on the NO LEAK D, except the wording on the insulator itself! The number of manufacturers of insulators is altogether too uncertain. at this time for comment. This is precisely the spot where the most urgent need for knowledge lies. We need to locate several small operations that existed in small towns where there was no city directory or daily paper--and this is extremely difficult to do! It is easy to develop ideas --but very hard to prove them. And one should be very careful of ideas!

2. Can you tell us what, in your opinion, are the ten most rare insulators?
The ten most rare insulators is also a moot question. If you mean styles, there are many more than ten that are known to have existed because of their listings in old catalogs-- but not even one has been located! One might attempt a list of the ten most s t rare name s - - but I don't think this is what you had in mind.

3. Question from Arlene Harris of Ossian, Ind. "Do you have any information on the Arizona sandstone insulator?
The Arizona sandstone insulator--no, sorry, no data other than glass, as a rule! I believe this insulator to be a mica compound.

4. Do you know if Hemingray (CD 252) ever made an amber No. 62 marked 10-8:: in fairly deep amber?
A HEMINGRAY-62 marked 10-8:: in heavy amber is highly unlikely, although I can't prove it didn't ever exist. This would be made in 1942: and I don't know of amber Hemingray insulators having been made during those years. But they could have been. Some pieces of that era tend to a light straw color; and some collectors call this amber.