Photo taken next to the then-new police station that was constructed near the entrance to Hull on Nantasket Avenue. The building still stands and is a historical landmark, like the Hull Light Plant's office facilities on Edgewater Avenue. The latter still retains its original semi-circle-type clay roofing despite over a century of weathering punishing coastal storms, very much like the example seen here.

Commencing during the mid-1910s the town Light Plant started to use blue porcelain insulators to identify their street series lighting circuits. These were Pittsburg deep groove, side-tie insulators in shades of light blue and Ohio Brass "hats" in medium to dark cobalt blue. In addition, some very deep blue unmarked "signal" types were employed along with Pinco ones in very light (almost white) to medium blue. These blue insulators also were commonly used on other lines that the town owned, so it is quite possible they were intended to identify other circuits as well, given the larger number of them noted in use.

During my many visits at the Hull Light Plant, the employees there always welcomed me whenever I visited and I was welcome to anything in their junk pile. That was during the mid-to-late 1960s and most of my finds from there remain fondly in my collection. Storekeeper (at the time) Ken Borland and Office Manager (the late Margaruite "Snooky" Johns) certainly were wonderful inspiration as I pursued my insulator collecting endeavors as well as were positive inspiration in preparing my goals for a career in the electric utility field (which indeed happened!).