Boston, MA, 1917. Electric Service Pole with Large Porcelain Unipart Insulators.

By Joe Maurath, Jr.; posted October 7, 2020

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These insulators are not overly rare. The first one I found was given to me by Boston Edison in 1967. These are really cool looking wet-process pieces. They have lightly visible concentric rings under the glaze from spinning during manufacture. They are are caramel to light brown in color and are triple petticoat. I am not sure of the manufacturer. My best guess would be that they are Trenton pieces.

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