| | Bill and Mike's Excellent Adventure...
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| | by Mike Guthrie and Bill Rohde
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(also known as "The Humongous Buying Expedition" to the 1989
National Convention)
The advertisement in Crown Jewels of the Wire read, in part, "I will be
starting out with an empty pickup and trailer and a pocket full of money. My
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| | Has Anyone Seen This Critter?
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| | by Mike Tucker
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While researching information on threadless insulators, telegraph companies
and their lines, I came across some information in two different books (both
from 1853) describing a glass block insulator which had two halves to it. These
are the only references I have found pertaining to this two piece glass block.
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| | Common Insulators
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| | by Timothy Baggett
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What comes to mind when someone mentions "common insulator" to you?
Well, each of us as collectors will have in our mind a particular insulator that
really sticks out. To many of us, it may be the Hemingray 42. To others it may
be the Pyrex CSC. The list can go on and on, but we all can associate with an
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| | Eric's Threadless Adventure
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| | by Eric Halpin
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After several years of toying with the idea of joining a group in serious
search of threadless insulators, my chance finally came with an invite from my
friend Ray Klingensmith. Dates were agreed upon, air transportation arranged,
equipment all obtained and packed and the wait as the big day looms near. For
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| | A Pictorial History Of The Civil War Telegraph
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| | by Mike Tucker
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While doing some research on telegraph lines in some books, I ran into
sketches of the telegraph during the Civil War. We can imagine the clatter of
rifle shots being exchanged; shrapnel from cannonballs flying about and the haze
of gunpowder smoke and dust occluding the battlefield like a thick mist. At the
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish, NIA #41
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In the March, 1990 issue of "CJ" on page 4, we reported a U-310
with an incuse marking of a "Maltese Cross" on the bottom of the outer
skirt (see photograph below). Joe Maurath of Abington, MA brought a similar
style to the Allentown show for me to see with the incuse marking in the same
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| | West Australia Visited
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WEST AUSTRALIA VISITED
A letter sharing some pictures of his fine collection was received my P.M.
James of Busselton, West Australia. He described the pole in his yard as "a
two piece steel pole from the overland early telegraph." The pole certainly
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