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Having noted the pictures at the end of Don Fiene's "Soviet Insulator Report,
1989" in the November, 1989 issue of Crown Jewels, I enclose a picture of a
"bushing" type insulator. It is from a relay station by Boulder Dam. This is
one of 12 and there are not more. It measures 55" high, 18" wide at
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| | "PHANTOM OF THE WIRES" Still Finds Goodies
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| | by Greg Hale
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In the summer of 1986 I came across seven CD 114.2 Standard Glass Insulator
CO. of Boston. I found them at an antique shop in Maine. The lady wanted $2.50
for each one. Boy! The old heart almost red lined at the sight of them. I
bought them all! They ranged from VNM to NM. I sold six of them and kept the
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| | Bea Lines
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| | by H.G. "Bea" Hyve
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Which couple has two of the nicest smiles in the hobby? If you guessed Dennis
and Jeanne Weber, you'd be right. And they are also the subjects of "Bea
Lines" this time. These two always seem to have a smile for everyone, and
Jeanne has a very happy laugh, that really brightens any place she happens to
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| | Just One More Pole...
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| | by Bernie Warren
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Sunset comes early in South Australia the first week of September. It was only
5:30 p.m. and the sun was already well down in the trees on the horizon.
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last two days had been spent searching for the elusive CD 154 AGEE with very limited
success. A few had been found but virtually all were damaged. The search
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| | More Finds ... From Ohio
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| | by Bob Harding
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While at the National Show in Allentown I was introduced to Dave Benko and
Bill Burger from Washington. They expressed their wish to dig threadless in
Ohio on their return back home, so we setup a meeting place for the Monday
following the show. I took them to an early 1850's railroad that had been good
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| | The PYREX "Knob Top" Meets Its Bottom Half
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| | by Dan Wagner
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Here they are. The first photographs of the top and bottom half of CD 194.5
and 195.5 together. Since the first article on the top half, nicknamed the
"knob top", appeared in the November, 1987 issue of Crown Jewels of
the Wire, much has been learned about the insulator including the discovery of
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