| Hawley Research
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Ed Saulsbury of North Platte, Nebraska, and George Lahm of Callicoon, N. Y.
both have the same idea on the Hawley, Pa. and the Sterling Companies. If we
keep digging and researching maybe we can find positive proof in writing but
right now their word is proof enough for me.
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| CD160 Commonly Known as Baby Signal
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Above are two sketches of the C.D.#160 or as we call them, the
"baby" signals. Your C.D.#160's may vary in size a little but hardly
enough to notice it. The average height is 3 1/4", the width is 2
3/4". Below is a list of C.D.#160's as listed by Earl Armburst, Warren
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| Japan NGK
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| by H. Scott Blake
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Below is a sketch of an unglazed gray stone-like porcelain used in the new
triplex type secondary house drops as a spreader, so that taps can be made in
the middle of the span for connections. I do not know who makes these, but I
believe it is N G K, a Japanese company from which this power company now buys
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| CD132.4 Chambers Comp.
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RESEARCH DIVISION
Enclosed are pictures of two insulators that I have that I believe are quite
odd. One is a Sterling large signal CD 164. This insulator is embossed with the
word Sterling on the front and pound sign on the rear. It is 3 1/8" wide
at the base and 3 3/4" tall. It is aqua and is the same overall shape as
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| Out Of The Frying Pan Onto The Wire
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| by Sue Ducro
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Teflon For Insulators?
Teflon and alumina are combined in a new experimental high voltage insulator.
Perhaps as few as one to two dozen are being tested at various sites throughout
the country. Improvements realized in this new combination of materials are high
insulation and qualities. However, advantages over porcelain in resisting
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