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| | by Donald Fiene
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A couple months ago I was told by a Louisville flea-market dealer that the
insulators embossed with stars had been manufactured in New Albany, Indiana (a
small city just north of Louisville across the Ohio River). Since there was, in
fact, a Star Glass Works in New Albany in the 19th century, and since this
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| | CD206 The Castle Insulator
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The item below was sent in by John E. Grams, Ridgecrest, Calif. and was
clipped from the February 1971 issue of "Communicator", publication of
Continental Telephone Company of California. To our knowledge, this is the only
insulator made by the McLaughlin Co. that is not embossed.
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| | Hemingray-62 Lowex
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Ross Reed, Long Beach, California writes: I have an insulator that is not in
any of the books I have. It is a Herriingray-62 Lowex Made in U.S. A., clear. It
is shaped similar to the McLaughlin-62. If you have any information on it, could
you please send it to me.
In reply to Ross Reed:
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| | CD127 Brookfield Patent
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY N. R. WOODWARD
Dear Mr. Woodward:
Recently I found several CD 127 insulators embossed (front dome) W.
BROOKFIELD 55 FULTON ST and (back dome) PAT APRIL 4. 1871. As you may know, this
patent, number 113,393, was issued to William Brookfield for "a mode of
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| | Spools
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Spools were used in many different ways. They were used on spool brackets or
racks. The spool is most commonly preferred for dead-ends, but they are also
used as side-tie insulators for many electrical utility companies. A few or
many were also used by the telephone companies, especially on houses where the
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| | More On McLaughlin's
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Since I wrote the article for the April issue of Crown Jewels, I have added a
few more insulators to my McLaughlin collection.
I now have 117 insulators in the collection, and among them are a few more
errors. As there seems to be a few error collectors around, as well as a growing
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