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An update on last month's column in necessary in light of the information I
received from Morgan Davis. The M.T.CO. "egg cup" pictured on page 31
(January, 1988, issue) belongs to John Dorge of Toronto and not Morgan.
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course, Morgan can only dream about that piece being his. Morgan also shares the
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| | Applications of Electrical Porcelain Power Insulators (Part two of two parts)
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| | by Robert L. Winkler
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(Reference drawings to this article are on the pages following the article.)
2. PIN TYPE INSULATORS (continued)
2G. One or Two Piece Cemented Top-Tie - 23-27 KV
Designed for High Voltage Primary Distribution these units are still in general use and production.
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| | "It was a cold, dark and stormy night in Penryn, California..."
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| | A true tale told by a trustworthy and truthful eyewitness -- Shirley Patocka
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| | Reprinted from "Crown Jewels of the Wire", February 1988, page 33
We had been gone all day, and it was good to be getting home. As we turned
into the driveway, it was evident that the usually "on at dusk and off at
dawn" vapor light was not doing its thing and the yard was forebodingly
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| | Walking The Lines
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| | by Steve Corfidi
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Here are two pictures you readers might be interested in which were taken
this past fall along a railroad signal line not too far from my home. I'd known
of this line for a number of years, but had never paid a lot of attention to it.
Having lived out of town for the last few years, though, I decided to check it
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| | The Life History Of An Insulator
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| | by Eric Halpin
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Long, long ago, when today's artifacts were the latest in industrial
concepts, I began life. My mother was a deposit of pure glacial run-off beach
sand, located in the eastern townships in the county of Faudreuil in upper
Canada, now known as Quebec. My father was a mixed breed of soda-ash and lime from
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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I'm moving over this month for guest editor Donald Fiene, who will delight us
with another story about his travels to Russia. Enjoy! Marilyn
SOVIET INSULATOR REPORT, 1987
Between June 15 and July 2, 1987, I led a group of 46 Americans, mostly from
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