Antique Ceramic Electrical Insulators

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Antique ceramic electrical insulators.

The most common antique insulator material is glass. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s when millions of hemingray dominion and. Vtg antique 7 ribbed glass 4 electrical insulator connector 2 holes wires 1920s. Vintage insulators are most commonly made out of porcelain or glass materials and they come in a wide variety of colors and shapes making each item a unique piece that can make a great addition to a collection.

As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines electric power lines and other applications. Similar to their glass counterparts porcelain insulators date back to before the civil war for telegraph wires. Vintage westinghouse white ceramic insulator 3 5 8 tall. In north america glass was always the predominate material for communications insulators but porcelain has become the standard for power distribution due to its greater strength and surface resistance.

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Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines. Electrical antique telephone telegraph canada vertical bar skirt old insulator bottlesandbygones. See more ideas about glass insulators antique glass insulation. Insulators were first developed in the mid 1800s to be used on telegraph and telephone lines to contain the electrical current and prevent the current from entering the ground below.

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Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft.