M-3065 in 1907 interurban line photo

By Mike Spadafora; posted April 16, 2009
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Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company around 1907... classic early power line construction insulators are likely M-3065 Thomas or similar OB, A very popular insulator for interurnbans in the 23-33kV range . Note the large glass supporting the 600 volt DC feeders... anyone care to guess what those were?

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