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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In 1850 companies such as hemingray bookfield and whitall tatum started producing glass insulators for telegraph lines telephone and power transmission lines later on.
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An electrical insulator is a material.
Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft.
Their sole purpose was to insulate the wire from the wood reason for which materials such as glass porcelain or composite polymer materials had been chosen.
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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.
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The spring fits quite nicely around the tapered top edge and creates a wide stable base.
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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.
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Today there are over 2000 collectors and insulator clubs national shows and good reference books are available.
In the mid 1960 s a few people began collecting these glass and porcelain insulators.
Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850 s for use with telegraph lines.
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