Porcelain Insulator Reference Books

There are a number of great reference books that are available to the porcelain insulator collector. Here is a list of some of the books currently available. Each book listing includes a short review of the book along with the ordering information.

Reference books:

• Value Guide for Unipart and Multipart Porcelain Insulators
• Porcelain Insulators: Guide Book for Collectors
• Multipart Porcelain Insulators (Second Edition)
• Worldwide Porcelain Insulators Reprints now available!!
• A History of the Electrical Porcelain Industry in the United States
• Insulator Patents, (1880-1960)
• Fred M. Locke: A Biography
• Porcelain Insulators and How They Grew
• Searching for Railway Telegraph Insulators
• Reprints of Catalogs
• Out of Print Books
• Old Insulator Catalogs
• Insulator Magazines (covers both glass and porcelain)

Tip: Also take a look at the books on glass insulators!

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Last updated Monday, November 4, 2002