While packing for our move, I finally found the slides of insulators I took on my 3-week backpacking trip in Alaska in 1986. At that time Skagway only had one paved street (since 2-3 years previous). The power lines along the paved main street through the heart of Skagway all used Fred Locke CD 287 insulators that were installed originally around 1898 when power came to the town during the Klondike gold rush. We found broken shards of this insulator going up Chilcoot Pass where a tram transported a year's supply of food (1000 lbs) for each person crossing over into Canada (for those who could afford it) to make their way 600 miles or so to the Klondike gold fields. Canadian Mounties would not let anyone enter without the required 1000 lbs of food. Many could not pay the tram toll so they had to carry it over the pass on their backs 60-100 lbs at a time. Here is another photo [id=177236869]