| | The First Transcontinental Telegraph Line
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| | by David R. & Marilyn J. Delling
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Insulator collecting is starting to mature and many collectors are seeking
information on the manufacturers and users
of these artifacts., This article is an attempt to bring together both
historical and descriptive material concerning
one of the most important telegraph links ever built.
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| | Insulators
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| | by Dora Harned, editor
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What are they? Most everyone knows really, but I have been asked
numerous times, "You collect insulators?" "What for?" "Why?" "Are
they those little glass things up on the poles that the electric and
telephone wires are on?"
Of course, all the time they are looking at me like I'm some kind of
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| | California Insulators
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| | by Dora Harned, editor
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In 1912 the California Glass Insulator Company went into production at West Anaheim Road and Hayes Street in Long Beach, California. In 1914 the name was changed to California Glass Works and in 1916 the plant was destroyed by a flood and was never reopened. In these four short years this company certainly made many insulators still in use today although many have found their way into private collections. At the date of this article there have been 16 different styles that have been found all with just the word CALIFORNIA printed on the front with the exception of the Santa Ana. This does not include the C.G.I. Below is a list using Woodward's C.D. Numbers.
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