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| | by David Dahle
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Shortly after I started collecting insulators, I noticed an old power line
was being dismantled not far from where I lived. A friend and I went over to
take a look and saw the linemen removing yellow U-503 porcelain cables from the
crossarms. When we asked the linemen for a few, they said, "No, you can't
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| | Telephone Lines
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And Methods Of Constructing Them
Overhead And Underground.
by WALTER C. OWEN,
Consulting Telephone Engineer, Late District Manager And Engineer
National Telephone Company Limited.
1903.
(Reprint sent by Steve Corfidi, State College, PA, publishers Whittaker &
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| | Searching the A.T.&.T. Northern Transcontinental Toll Lead
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| | by Mark Heitman
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The Stampede Pass Trips from 1978 to 1983
Part A
The Northern American Telephone and Telegraph Lead from Chicago to the
Pacific Northwest was placed in 1926 and 1927. It's mileage on the first
generation lead was 2,235 miles. It existed until the late 1950's to the mid
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| | The Good Ol' Days
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| | by Bill Sutliff
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Reading the stories of other's quests for insulators prompted me to think
back to the early days of my own insulator hunting. I was twelve and my friend
Kurt was fourteen at the time. We were both just beginning collectors. I was the
first to be bitten by the "bug", and it was just contagious enough to
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| | Florida Ghetto Glass
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| | by John T. Underwood
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My favorite feature in Crown Jewels is an article written by collectors who
explore remote regions uncovering rare insulators. The adverse conditions
affecting the hunt compounded with the imminent dangers of outback explorations
provide the drama and adventure that many collectors will never experience.
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