Old Porcelain insulators- telephone lineman's collection

By Colin Jung; posted March 30, 2009

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This lineman worked primarily in the northern California Sierra Nevada range from Lake Tahoe to Placerville, CA. On the left is a small bottom skirt for a two-piece insulator. Base diameter is just 3 and 3/4 inches and it stands 5 and 3/4 inches tall. Looks like a Fred Locke glaze; has a glazed pinhole, probably one inch diameter.

Piece on the right is the smallest suspension I have ever seen. Fluted shaped porcelain that has a 4-inch diameter. Very old hook and eye style. No marking on the porcelain but the iron hook is marked VICTOR 5444.

Any information would be great.

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