| | Collector's Corner
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| | by Karen Murphy
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COLLECTOR'S CORNER / Karen Murphy Mackenzie
The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday,
December 10, 1994
Steve Goodell's insulator research led him to discover that one of his
ancestors was Ezra Cornell. Steve, a resident of Carlton Place, Ontario,
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| | Ask Woody
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| | by N. R. Woodward
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N. R. "Woody" Woodward is the author of THE GLASS INSULATOR IN
AMERICA, 1988 Report and developed
the Consolidated Design Numbers identification system for glass insulators.
From David Whitten, Clarksville, Indiana
QUESTION: Has there been any further research done regarding the star
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| | 40 Years of Collecting...
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| | by Joe Maurath, Jr.
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Those Were the Days, My Friend! Part III
My pursuit for more insulator types and colors nevertheless went into full
gear during the summer of 1967.
Old railway rights-of-way in my area were diligently scoured for many miles
around. Very particular emphasis was given to a few lines which were recently
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| | Foreign Insulators
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| | by Marilyn Albers
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THE CAPANEMA PATTERN
This unusual looking porcelain insulator made its appearance in November of
1994 at the London, Ohio show. It has no marking of any kind. At that time, no
one seemed to know anything about it, but something made me think I’d seen it
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| | Advertising Through the Ages
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| | by Robert Stahr
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We now have another insulator manufacture to research! I contacted Richard
Wentzel from Millville, New Jersey, to see if he could locate any more
information about T. C. Wheaton. Richard, as some of you know, has all of the
Whitall Tatum Company files and used to work at T. C. Wheaton, which is still in
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| | The Story of the 100 Hemingray 42s that couldn't be sold.
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| | by Joel Goff
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Heading home from a houseboat trip on Lake Powell found my dad and me
wondering about the poles by the railroad tracks. A few weeks earlier we had
found some crossarms lying on the ground by the railroad tracks. That’s when
we noticed that there were no wires on the pole. My mom works by the tracks so
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| | Insulator Tips
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| | by Jack Snyder
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dig \ 'dig, vt to break and turn
up, to remove, to excavate,
to find out, to
study,
investigate, to unearth.
Yep!! You guessed it, I’m out digging again. The only new twist is I’m
not using a shovel (like lotsa guys). I’m using my head.. whoa, I mean the
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