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Foreign Insulators

   by Marilyn Albers

   

CAROL AND MARILYN CONDUCT INSULATOR
RESEARCH TRIP ON FOREIGN SOIL 
PART III

In the last episode of our trip we visited the VEGLA GLASS WORKS in Aachen, West Germany. And after I came back to the States I'd written Dr. Claussen, ...                    [more]



   

Armstrong's 51-C2 and the Millville/Muncie Connection

   by Richard Wentzel

   

The recent discovery of the new CD 228.5 Armstrong 51-C2 prompted the research which led to this tale of competitive cooperation. But first, some background information is in order.

Early in 1989, I was approached by John and Carol McDougald relative to providing information on insulator production in Millville ...                    [more]



   

An Adventure On The Backroads Of My Mind

   by Glenn Drummond

   

I was driving from Louisville, Kentucky to my Virginia residence (not to be confused with "home") over the last weekend in February. As y'all know, once "polecat blood" gets into your veins, driving is a matter of extrasensory perception; eyes follow the wires and roofs, truck follows the ...                    [more]



   

Ask Woody

   by N. R. Woodward

   

N. R. Woodward is the author of The Glass Insulator in America, 1988 Report and developed the Consolidated Design Numbers identification system for glass insulators. 


Questions for this month's column were submitted by Dan French, Madison Heights, Virginia. Kindly send your questions to Box 1003, St. Charles, IL 60174

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