Glass Telegraph Insulator Used for Third Rail Support

By Elton Gish; posted December 24, 2006

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Has anyone ever seen this novel use of common glass telegraph insulators? Patent 781,661 was granted on February 7, 1905 to Frank Kinsman. A beam of wood supports the third rail. Holes were drilled in the underside to fit over common glass telegraph and telephone insulators.

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